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 ...

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.

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 ...

Researchers have made new discoveries about amniotic fluid, a substance historically not well understood in medical research due to the difficulty in obtaining it during pregnancy, especially across ...

During gestation, the fetus floats in a protective pool of amniotic fluid. 6 The yellowish liquid contains a concoction of nutrients and antibodies produced by the parent as well as less glamorous ...

They examine the chromosomes present in blood, amniotic fluid, and bone marrow using slide preparations and tissue cultures. Cytogenetic technologists use karotyping and fluorescent-labeled DNA (FISH ...

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 ...