Abnormalities in amniotic fluid volume, such as oligohydramnios (low amniotic fluid) and polyhydramnios (excess amniotic fluid), can lead to various complications during pregnancy and delivery.

Several fetal abnormalities associated with exposed or leaky fetal membranes may allow AFP to enter the amniotic fluid. These include NTDs (anencephaly, spina bifida), anterior-wall defects ...

Other chromosomal abnormalities such as T18 and other ... which leaks through exposed membranes into the amniotic fluid. Occult spina bifida with intact skin covering the defect does not have ...

A condition characterized by excessive accumulation of amniotic fluid in the uterus during ... maternal rhesus disease, and fetal abnormalities. Most of the cases are mild. In severe cases the ...

Cytogenetic technologists are laboratory specialists who study normal and abnormal chromosomes in cells, and their relationship to disease and human development. These include birth defects, fertility ...