medical fetal therapy

medical fetal therapy

Fetal therapy Obstetrics Any therapy in which a pharmacologic agent is administered to a ♀ or her fetus in order to avoid or alleviate fetal disease Examples Use of blood products or other agents that prevent neural tube defects, endocrine or metabolic disorders–eg, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, thyroid disease

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