Prenatal diagnosis

Used for

antepartum diagnosis, fetal diagnosis, in utero diagnosis

Broader Terms

diagnosis

Narrower Terms

amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, embryo /fetus monitoring

Related Terms

genetic counseling, pregnancy, prenatal care

Scope Note

determination of the nature of a pathological condition or disease in the postimplantation embryo or fetus.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Consequences of prenatal diagnosis Hereditary diseases for which prenatal diagnosis is made at the present time are mostly lethal in childhood, before the age of reproduction.
• As first outlined by your IVF doctor, following a positive pregnancy result from a PGD cycle, confirmatory prenatal diagnosis is strongly recommended.
• Before any intervention or use of an invasive procedure is attempted, the sine qua non rule of prenatal diagnosis is to make sure that the genetic disease, likely to be present, is detectable and that there is a possibility to show or exclude this defect by testing the foetal tissues.
• Prenatal diagnosis is indicated if anomalies in a previous child were due to a chromosomal abnormality.
• Although prenatal diagnosis is highly accurate, a normal test result cannot show up every possible problem with the baby.