Letter: Screening for gynaecological abnormalities.

Screening Methods for Gynaecological Cancers

Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics, the ACOG Committee on Genetics, and the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine Publications Committee with the assistance of Ray Bahado-Singh, MD, and Deborah Driscoll, MD. The information is designed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gynecologic care. These guideline...

Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities

This Practice Bulletin was developed by the ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics, the ACOG Com mittee on Genetics, and the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine Publications Com mit tee with the assistance of Ray Bahado-Singh, MD, and Deborah Driscoll, MD. The in for ma tion is de signed to aid practitioners in making decisions about appropriate obstetric and gyneco logic care. These g...

Screening for genitourinary abnormalities in adolescent males.

First-trimester screening for chromosomal abnormalities.

There is extensive evidence that effective screening for major chromosomal abnormalities can be provided in the first trimester of pregnancy. Randomized studies have established that the risk of miscarriage from chorionic villus sampling in the first trimester is the same as for amniocentesis in the second trimester. Prospective studies have demonstrated that screening by a combination of fetal...