A significant proportion of fetal anomalies are surgically correctable. Their accurate and reliable prenatal diagnosis is of great importance, and will have significant influence on both postnatal and postsurgical outcome. The influence of prenatal diagnosis of simple structural defects will interfere with organ development. In the light of recent achievements, traditional teratology has to be ...

OBJECTIVE To define the prenatal care utilization pattern in Bornova and determine the factors affecting the amount and content of prenatal care. DESIGN Follow-up study. SETTING Bornova is an urban district in western Turkey. STUDY PARTICIPANTS Two hundred and forty-five pregnant women registered with primary care settings in Bornova during the year 2000. Response rate was 83.7%. Main out...

Alcohol is a common human teratogen that, when ingested by a pregnant woman, can produce a wide array of fetal complications. The fetus's developing brain seems most sensitive to prenatal alcohol exposure: Alcohol-related brain damage can be quite diffuse, ranging from microcellular, neurochemical aberrations to macroscopic malformations (Stratton, Howe, & Battaglie, 1996). The neurological, co...

BACKGROUND Prenatal exposure to diethylstilboestrol (DES) may induce neurodevelopmental disturbances potentially mediating an increased risk of psychiatric disorders in exposed subjects. Most findings of an increased prevalence of psychiatric disorders in men and women prenatally exposed to DES are not easy to interpret because of selection biases. METHOD Information on hormonal treatment dur...

BACKGROUND Meconium peritonitis (MP) is a rare prenatal condition that leads to substantial neonatal morbidity and mortality. PATIENTS AND METHODS All patients between 1998 and 2006 referred for prenatal diagnosis were retrospectively analyzed for diagnosis of MP. Prenatal ultrasound findings were compared with postnatal etiology, intraoperative findings, and postnatal outcome of the patients...