In a significant medical milestone, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at AIIMS Bhopal successfully performed its first ...

In both cases, a histological examination should be performed on the evacuated uterine contents to look for the presence of chorionic villi. If chorionic villi are identified, the diagnosis is an ...

The chorionic sac encompasses the fetus and the amnion and is covered with chorionic villi until the 8th week. After the 8th week, these villi are constricted due to a decreased blood supply until ...

Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a newer and slightly more risky alternative to amniocentesis that is performed earlier in the course of development, between 10 and 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Antenatal diagnosis of mtDNA diseases based on chorionic villus sampling is unreliable because it is unclear how mtDNA mutations are transmitted or segregate within families. Thus, the study of ...

The following is a summary of “Prenatal ultrasound phenotype of fetuses with recurrent 1q21.1 deletion and duplication ...