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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doctors told Nate and Mandy Baldry that something wasn’t quite right with their daughter, Cora Baldry, a month before she was born when their baby was measuring small and the amniotic fluid ...

In this study, we 1) described normal levels of 2ME2 in maternal blood, cord blood, breast milk, and amniotic fluid, and 2) compared a composite measure of perinatal outcome between infants born ...

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 ...