In a study of pregnant women, those with pregnancy-induced high blood pressure were found to have higher levels of a peptide that raises blood pressure in the pieces of tissue linking mother and fetus ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A new type of noninvasive prenatal test is becoming more readily available for pregnant women to find out if they are at risk of giving birth to a baby with a chromosomal ...

Researchers in the Netherlands believe they are on the verge of developing a simple, prenatal blood test that would be able to detect accurately chromosomal abnormalities in the developing fetus. At ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Testing for genetic defects early in pregnancy through chorionic villus sampling, or CVS, does not appear to raise the risk of fetal loss. CVS involves using a needle to ...

Team found that MLPA assay can identify fetal DNA without invasive sampling. Netherlands-based researchers suggest that a technique currently used to detect fetal chromosomal abnormalities in maternal ...

The fetal membranes consist of the chorion, amnion, yolk sac, and allantois. The chorion has three layers: cytotrophoblastic, chorionic connective tissue, and basement membrane. The chorion lies ...

As with amniocentesis, obstetricians may suggest using CVS, short for chorionic villus sampling, to detect genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome. In CVS, specialists perform an ultrasound to ...

The diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy requires differentiating it from a viable intrauterine pregnancy. This is done with the use of ß-human chorionic gonadotropin levels (ß-hCG), transvaginal ultrasound ...

Both tests can tell whether there are genetic defects in a developing baby, although nothing can be done to correct those defects. The decision to offer the tests to women beginning at age 35 is ...

Three months into her pregnancy, the woman in my office worried that her fetus might have Down syndrome. She wanted a definitive diagnosis, so I referred her to a doctor who inserted a 3 1/2-inch ...