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Amniocentesis

Brief Introduction

Amniocentesis is the process by which a thin needle is inserted through a womens abdomen into her womb, a sample of the amniotic fluid surrounding her growing fetus is taken out and analysed to acquire information about the baby's health.

This procedure is an important development in the technologies of prenatal diagnostic techniques as it allows parents an insight into possible diseases and complications that their baby might develop before birth at an early stage of its development.

Although it is a very useful technique in diagnosing up to several hundred fetal complications there are also many risks associated with this invasive method of extraction of fetal cells as well as ethical issues which will also be explored. A brief history of the development of amniocentesis will be explained, as well as the key disorders which may be detected using it. Lastly we will explore the accuracy of this test against other prenatal diagnostic techniques and highlight current research being conducted.

Historic Background

Procedure

Risks

Disorders Detected

Diagnostic Accuracy

Ethical Issues

Current Research

--Mark Hill 01:43, 5 August 2010 (UTC) You can now put your group discussion here. Here is the code to set up a search of PubMed Books - Prenatal Diagnosis and to Search Pubmed Now - Prenatal Diagnosis

References

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+This procedure is an important development in the technologies of prenatal diagnostic techniques as it allows parents an insight into possible diseases and complications that their baby might develop before birth at an early stage of its development.
+Although it is a very useful technique in diagnosing up to several hundred fetal complications there are also many risks associated with this invasive method of extraction of fetal cells as well as ethical issues which will also be explored. A brief history of the development of amniocentesis will be explained, as well as the key disorders which may be detected using it. Lastly we will explore the accuracy of this test against other prenatal diagnostic techniques and highlight current research being conducted.

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