Biomaterial Database

Prenatal diagnosis in multiple pregnancies. 1992

J P Neilson

University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Multiple pregnancy, with its high rate of fetal loss and increasing incidence, merits greater clinical attention and research. Prenatal diagnosis in multiple pregnancy poses particular difficulties in terms of safety and technique of invasive procedures, interpretation of laboratory results, and the human dilemmas produced by the demonstration of discordant abnormality. Recent applications of ultrasound, including Doppler ultrasound, are also discussed in the context of the monochorionic placenta, prediction of preterm labor, and detection of intrauterine growth retardation.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007752	Obstetric Labor, Premature	Onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR before term (TERM BIRTH) but usually after the FETUS has become viable. In humans, it occurs sometime during the 29th through 38th week of PREGNANCY. TOCOLYSIS inhibits premature labor and can prevent the BIRTH of premature infants (INFANT, PREMATURE).	Preterm Labor,Labor, Premature,Premature Labor,Premature Obstetric Labor,Labor, Premature Obstetric,Labor, Preterm
D008403	Mass Screening	Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.	Screening,Mass Screenings,Screening, Mass,Screenings,Screenings, Mass
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011272	Pregnancy, Multiple	The condition of carrying two or more FETUSES simultaneously.	Multiple Pregnancy,Multiple Pregnancies,Pregnancies, Multiple
D011295	Prenatal Care	Care provided the pregnant woman in order to prevent complications, and decrease the incidence of maternal and prenatal mortality.	Antenatal Care,Care, Antenatal,Care, Prenatal
D005260	Female		Females
D005317	Fetal Growth Retardation	Failure of a FETUS to attain expected GROWTH.	Growth Retardation, Intrauterine,Intrauterine Growth Retardation,Fetal Growth Restriction,Intrauterine Growth Restriction
D005330	Fetofetal Transfusion	Passage of blood from one fetus to another via an arteriovenous communication or other shunt, in a monozygotic twin pregnancy. It results in anemia in one twin and polycythemia in the other. (Lee et al., Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology, 9th ed, p737-8)	Cross-Transfusion, Intrauterine,Intrauterine Cross-Transfusion,Twin Transfusion,Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Twin-to-Twin Transfusion,Fetal Transfusion Syndrome,Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome,Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Cross Transfusion, Intrauterine,Fetal Transfusion Syndromes,Fetofetal Transfusion Syndromes,Fetofetal Transfusions,Intrauterine Cross Transfusion,Intrauterine Cross-Transfusions,Syndrome, Fetal Transfusion,Syndrome, Fetofetal Transfusion,Syndrome, Twin Transfusion,Syndrome, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion,Transfusion Syndrome, Fetal,Transfusion Syndrome, Fetofetal,Transfusion Syndrome, Twin,Transfusion Syndrome, Twin-to-Twin,Transfusion, Fetofetal,Transfusion, Twin,Transfusion, Twin-to-Twin,Twin Transfusion Syndromes,Twin Transfusions,Twin to Twin Transfusion,Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndromes,Twin-to-Twin Transfusions
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000649	Amniocentesis	Percutaneous transabdominal puncture of the uterus during pregnancy to obtain amniotic fluid. It is commonly used for fetal karyotype determination in order to diagnose abnormal fetal conditions.	Amniocenteses