Complications
- New Links
- (added 08-29-98)
- Molar Pregnancy by Ashley Hill, MD
- Molar pregnancies are an uncommon and very frightening complication of pregnancy. The formal medical term for a molar pregnancy is “hydatidiform mole.” Simply put, a molar pregnancy is an abnormality of the placenta (afterbirth), caused by a problem when the egg and sperm join together at fertilization.
- Awareness of Group B Streptococcus Infection During Pregnancy: Help Protect Your Baby and Yourself
- Since the early 1970's, the bacteria Group B Streptococcus (GBS) has been identified as the number one cause of life threatening infections in newborn babies.
- Encephalocele - The National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
- Encephalocele is a rare disorder in which an infant is born with a gap in the skull.
- Fetal Diseases
- Extensive index from Ohio State
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease by William Rich, MD
- This is a term that includes several conditions that are associated with the results of a pregnancy. The conditions are molar pregnancy, invasive mole, metastatic mole and gestational choriocarcinoma(korio carcinoma). These are cancers and cancer like conditions of placental elements.
- Genetic Conditions / Rare Conditions Information
- Professionals, educators, or individuals seeking information on genetic conditions or birth defects may find searching this list helpful, and find additional information through the national organizations listed or from a genetic counselor or clinical geneticist.
- Group B Strep Association (GBSA)
- A non-profit organization formed to educate the public about Group B Streptococcal (GBS) infections during pregnancy and to promote routine screening of mothers.
- Immunological causes of Infertility and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
- New research indicates that as many as 80 percent of "unexplained" losses may the attributable to immunological factors-and some new therapies are enabling up to 80 percent of those affected to carry a baby to term.
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases
- Extensive index from Ohio State
- Miscarriage Support & Information Resources
- Infertility FAQs and Information by patients, for patients
- Organizations Worldwide for Down Syndrome
- A directory of Down Syndrome organizations in the world.
- Pregnancy And Lupus
- Years ago, all medical texts said that lupus patients could not have children, and if they became pregnant, they should have therapeutic abortions. Clearly, these early conclusions are wrong.
- Renal Agenesis
- Renal agenesis is an embryologic failure of the ureteric bud to meet and organize the metanephric blastema into a definitive kidney. Not only the kidney and ureter, but also the ipsilateral trigone and ureteral orifice are absent.
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