This includes: For couples at risk, prenatal screening for SCD using advanced techniques like chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis, is made available at Government of India’s expense. This ...

Nagpur: Daga Memorial Women's Hospital, under the state public health department, is at the forefront of combating sickle ...

Sickle cell anaemia is inherited, which means, one is born with it. A lot of parents today, opt for prenatal diagnosis, which ...

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 ...

You may have an amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling (CVS) during your pregnancy. These tests are similar to the free cell DNA blood test, but they are more invasive.

What Is Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)? A chorionic villus sampling (CVS) prenatal test checks cells from the placenta (which are identical to cells from the fetus) to see if they have a chromosomal ...

Angiotensin II (Ang II) and apelin have opposing actions in the regulation of blood pressure, vascular tone and angiogenesis, factors known to be important in pregnancy. Chorionic villi (CV) are ...

Over 150,000 Nigerian babies are born with sickle cell disorder every year out of whom, 100,000 die before their fifth birthday.

Pregnant women can have their unborn babies tested for Tay-Sachs disease through chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis. How Is Tay-Sachs Disease Treated? There is no cure for Tay-Sachs ...