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Top Articles of 2015 |
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Helping your epileptic patient minimize pregnancy complications
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Seizure disorders are common in women of childbearing age. Approximately 500,000 reproductive-aged women in the United States carry the diagnosis. It is estimated to affect 3–5 births per 1000 women but the exact incidence remains unknown.
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Cesarean scar pregnancy diagnosis and management
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A 27-year-old G3P011 with one previous cesarean delivery was referred for vaginal bleeding from an outpatient facility where a radiologist, based upon a transabdominal ultrasound scan, reported a “missed abortion” at 9 weeks and some concern for a cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP).
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The promise and peril of new prenatal diagnostic technologies
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Our appreciation of the vast potential and major challenges posed by new genetic prenatal diagnostic testing seems to grow with each passing week. In particular, we now have a far better understanding of the utility and limitations of fetal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing and of expanded parental carrier testing.
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