Certain historical, practical and scientific aspects of prenatal diagnostics in st. Petersburg
- Authors: Baranov V.S.1
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- Certain historical, practical and scientific aspects of prenatal diagnostics in st. Petersburg
- Issue: Vol 53, No 1 (2004)
- Pages: 82-88
- Section: Reviews
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/jowd/article/view/87156
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/JOWD87156
- ID: 87156
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Abstract
Prenatal diagnosis (PD), as a relatively new area of medical genetics, is experiencing a period of rapid growth. Methodological problems of PD associated with the selection of women at high risk of congenital and hereditary pathology, complex examination of the fetus using non-invasive (ultrasound) and invasive (cytogenetic, molecular, biochemical) research methods have already been resolved. Further increase in the effectiveness of PD, its scientific and practical significance depends entirely on the level of organization of this service in the field and its funding. An important role in the development of modern PD in Russia was played by the PD laboratory of the N.I. BEFORE. Otta RAMS.
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V. S. Baranov
Certain historical, practical and scientific aspects of prenatal diagnostics in st. Petersburg
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laboratory of prenatal diagnostics and congenital diseases
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg