Chorion Villus : Sampling

Structure And - Function -.- Embryology And Physiopathology Of Early Pregnancy Trophoblast.- Fine Structure Of Chorionic Tissue In Health And Disease.- The Enzymology Of Chorionic Villi And The First Trimester Diagnosis Of Metabolic Disorders.- Placental Immunobiology In Early Pregnancy.- Transcervical Chorion - Villus Sampling -.- The Method Of Chorion Villus Sampling Under Real-time Ultrasound Guidance Using The 'portex' Cannula.- Transcervical Chorion Villus Aspiration By A Single Operator Technique.- Tipped Metal Cannulae.- The Nottingham Brush For Chorion Villus Sampling.- Chorion Villus. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Embryology and physiopathology of early pregnancy trophoblast....Pages 3-15 Fine structure of chorionic tissue in health and disease....Pages 17-28 The enzymology of chorionic villi and the first trimester diagnosis of metabolic disorders....Pages 29-46 Placental immunobiology in early pregnancy....Pages 47-52 Front Matter....Pages 53-55 The method of chorion villus sampling under real-time ultrasound guidance using the ‘Portex’ cannula....Pages 57-64 Transcervical chorion villus aspiration by a single operator technique....Pages 65-72 Tipped metal cannulae....Pages 73-77 The Nottingham brush for chorion villus sampling....Pages 79-83 Chorion villus sampling using rigid forceps....Pages 85-95 Blind chorion villus aspiration....Pages 99-106 Ultrasound for transcervical chorion villus sampling....Pages 107-125 Is ultrasound guidance necessary for successful transcervical chorion villus sampling?....Pages 127-136 Endoscopic chorion villus sampling....Pages 137-142 Danish experience....Pages 145-159 Development and clinical application....Pages 161-171 Front Matter....Pages 173-173 Pregnancy outcome and the need for centralized data collection in chorion villus sampling....Pages 175-185 Evaluation of the long-term consequences of chorion villus sampling....Pages 187-201 Early prenatal diagnosis and therapeutic potentials for the fetus....Pages 203-209 Early prenatal diagnosis and fetal surgery....Pages 211-225 Towards a chorion villus sampling service....Pages 227-233 Front Matter....Pages 173-173 Chorion villus sampling for direct chromosomal analysis in a non-teaching hospital....Pages 235-244 The economic efficiency of prenatal screening....Pages 245-253 Front Matter....Pages 255-255 Prenatal karyotyping: amniotic fluid cells or chorion villus samples?....Pages 257-272 Chorionic villi and direct chromosome preparation....Pages 273-286 Cytoculture of chorionic tissue....Pages 287-301 Recombinant DNA technology and prenatal diagnosis....Pages 303-313 Genetic engineering and detection of haemoglobinopathies....Pages 315-324 Extraction of DNA from chorionic villi....Pages 325-331 Front Matter....Pages 333-333 Counselling in prenatal diagnosis....Pages 335-341 Chorion villus sampling in X-linked genetic disorders....Pages 343-351 Back Matter....Pages 353-362