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Prenatal diagnosis
(redirected from Antenatal screening)

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Prenatal diagnosis
The determination of whether a fetus possesses a disease or disorder while it is still in the womb.

prenatal diagnosis Obstetrics The examination of fetal cells taken from the amniotic fluid, the primitive placenta–chorion, or umbilical cord for biochemical, chromosomal, or gene defects


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Professor Kirkham said that when it came to decisions about matters such as antenatal screening or elective caesarean section most respondents felt they were being given very clear direction on what was the 'right' choice to make.
She encouraged practitioners to rethink the routine use of antenatal screening.
 
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