- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 16
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Marta VALDENEBRO ARENAS, Patricia ROJO DE DOMINGO, Regina CAVA GARCÍA, Rubén ORTIZ PAMPLIN
- Creation / modification date: 01-03-2014
- Term: prenatal diagnosis
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: The use of tests during a pregnancy to determine whether the uborn child is affected with a particular disorder.
- Context: In the majority of the inborn errors of metabolism in which an abnormal or deficient product can be identified, prenatal diagnosis is possible.
- Expression: Early prenatal diagnosis
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: ROMEO CASABONA, Carlos María (2009). Genética humana. Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto.
- Definition: ROMEO CASABONA, Carlos María (2009). Genética humana. Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto.
- Context: BAJO ARENAS, José Manuel (2009). Fundamentos de ginecología. Madrid: Ed. Médica Panamericana, p. 194.
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