Articles related to "Prenatal Diagnosis"

Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) is a prenatal diagnostic test performed to determine if a developing baby has potentially inherited genetic diseases from the parents.

Ultrasound is done to determine the progress of a pregnancy. Scan images can be either 2-D or 3-D. What is the difference between these two ultrasound techniques?

In normal development, the umbilical cord has two arteries and one vein. In cases of single umbilical artery, one of these fetal blood vessels is missing.