As a mom-to-be, hearing the heavy word amniocentesis may make you curious and anxious. But there is nothing to worry about. This is a prenatal test performed to diagnose genetic disorders. In simpler ...

Amniocentesis is a medical procedure used to diagnose certain genetic and chromosomal abnormalities in a developing fetus and it involves the extraction of a small amount of amniotic fluid from the ...

Q: I've had trouble getting pregnant and finally succeeded at the age of 37. Everyone says I should get an amniocentesis, but I'm afraid it will cause a miscarriage. What should I do? A: First, let me ...

Amniocentesis is a diagnostic procedure in which a small amount of amniotic fluid is removed from the sac of amniotic fluid around the baby inside the uterus, to test for certain chromosomal anomalies ...

Amniocentesis - that's sampling the amniotic fluid from around the foetus to test for genetic abnormalities like Down's syndrome maybe ten times safer than obstetricians often quote, at least ...

Use of soft ultrasonographic markers during routine prenatal ultrasonography (USG) may be used for the screening of aneuploidy in the low-risk population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...