Prenatal diagnosis

This article contains all the methods for pre-natal diagnosis of genetic and chromosomal abnormalities, as well infectious diseases in pregnancy. The author discuss the difference among them and the new tools of molecular biology applied in these diagnoses. At the end there is a description of the t...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 139
Main Author: Walter Pinto Júnior
Format: Journal Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Rio de Janeiro Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva 01-01-2002
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Summary:This article contains all the methods for pre-natal diagnosis of genetic and chromosomal abnormalities, as well infectious diseases in pregnancy. The author discuss the difference among them and the new tools of molecular biology applied in these diagnoses. At the end there is a description of the technique of pre-implantation diagnosis and its use in vitro fertility laboratories distant as long as 2000 kilometers one from the other.
ISSN:1413-8123
1678-4561
DOI:10.1590/S1413-81232002000100013