Health and Medical Guide to Genetics vs. Birth Defects Prenatal Testing Health information topics about Prenatal Testing: Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Ultrasonography, Prenatal National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=prenatal+ultrasonography+preg... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Chorionic Villi Sampling National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=chorionic+villi+sampling&recr... 3. ClinicalTrials.gov: Amniocentesis National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=amniocentesis&recruiting=true... Directories 1. US Clinic Directory Search Children's Health Care System, Seattle http://www.genetests.org/servlet/access?id=8888891&key=yLoqrsrCVms-M&fcn=y&... 2. Laboratory Directory-GeneReviews Children's Health Care System, Seattle http://www.genetests.org/servlet/access?id=8888891&key=xW0l31Z2a4hTc&fcn=y&... Organizations 1. National Institute of Child Health and Human Devel http://www.nichd.nih.gov/ 2. March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/ Overviews 1. Prenatal Testing: What's Involved and Who Sho Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00014 2. Prenatal Tests Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/medical/prenatal_tests.html 3. Routine Tests during Pregnancy American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ84JKXODC&sub_... 4. Your First Tests March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_519.asp Specific Conditions 1. Cordocentesis: Also Known as Fetal Blood Sampling, American Pregnancy Association http://www.americanpregnancy.org/prenataltesting/cordocentesis.html 2. Ultrasound in Pregnancy: What Can It Tell You? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00054 3. Ultrasound: Obstetric American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/obstetric_ultrasound.htm 4. Chorionic Villus Sampling UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=pregnan/7849 5. Amniocentesis March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_520.asp 6. Amniocentesis UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=pregnan/6937 7. Ultrasound March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_523.asp 8. Triple Screening in Pregnancy: What It Is and What American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/761.xml 9. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Carrier Screening March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_525.asp 10. FDA Cautions against Ultrasound 'Keepsake Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/104_images.html 11. Glucose Tests American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/glucose/test.html 12. Maternal Blood Screening for Down Syndrome and Neu March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1166.asp 13. Paternity Testing American Pregnancy Association http://www.americanpregnancy.org/prenataltesting/paternitytesting.html 14. Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_521.asp 15. Prenatal Genetic Testing Genetics and Public Policy Center http://www.dnapolicy.org/genetics/prenatal.jhtml 16. Triple Screen March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_522.asp 17. 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