Fetal electrocardiography in labor and neonatal outcome: data from the Swedish randomized controlled trial on intrapartum fetal monitoring
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Analyzing an unborn baby's ECG in addition to cardiotocography may help identify babies with fetal distress, according to a study of 4,966 babies. Fetal distress is often caused by low blood levels of oxygen, which causes an abnormal ECG reading. An ECG measures the electrical activity of the heart.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2003
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HLA-G expression in trophoblast cells circulating in maternal peripheral blood during early pregnancy
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Doctors may be able to collect fetal cells from the mother's blood at an early stage in the pregnancy to be used in prenatal diagnosis. These cells could be analyzed for any genetic defects. Researchers were able to isolate fetal trophoblast cells in maternal blood as early as 9 weeks' gestation.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2001
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Transcervical sampling as a means of detection of fetal cells during the first trimester of pregnancy
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Improvements in catheter design may allow doctors to retrieve samples of fluid from the uterus in order to analyze fetal cells. This form of prenatal diagnosis could be used to identify chromosomal defects.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2000
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