- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 113
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Ana María MALLO LAPUERTA, Cristina ADRADA RAFAEL, Elena Irene ZAMORA RAMÍREZ
- Creation / modification date: 01-03-2014
- Term: fetoscopy
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Examination of the fetus performed transabdominally in the amniotic fluid to diagnose fetal abnormalities.
- Context: The main application of fetoscopy today is the surgical treatment of complicated or abnormal monochorionic twin gestations.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: VILLE, Y., KHALIL A., HOMPHRAY T. y G. MOSCOSO (1997). “Diagnostic embryoscopy and fetoscopy in the first trimester of pregnancy”. Prenatal Diagnosis, 17, 1237–1246.
- Definition: VILLE, Y., KHALIL A., HOMPHRAY T. y G. MOSCOSO (1997). “Diagnostic embryoscopy and fetoscopy in the first trimester of pregnancy”. Prenatal Diagnosis, 17, 1237–1246.
- Context: DEPREST, J. A., LERUT, T. E. y K. VANDENBERGHE (1997). “Operative fetoscopy: new perspective in fetal therapy?
- Images:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Fetal-endoscope.gif/220px-Fetal-endoscope.gif
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