2016-08-08
You will be offered some screening tests during pregnancy to try to find any health problems that could affect you or your baby, such as infectious […]
2016-03-16
Thalassemia (British English: thalassaemia), also called Mediterranean anemia, is a form of inherited autosomal recessive blood disorder characterized by abnormal formation of hemoglobin.[1] The abnormal hemoglobin […]
2016-03-16
Fragile X syndrome (FXS), also known as Martin-Bell syndrome, or Escalante’s syndrome (more commonly used in South American countries), is a genetic syndrome. Nearly half of […]
2016-03-16
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary between people. Often, symptoms include poor coordination, […]
2016-03-16
Intellectual disability (ID), also called intellectual development disorder (IDD), general learning disability,[1] or mental retardation (MR),[2][3][4] is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significantly impaired intellectual […]
2016-03-16
Down syndrome (DS or DNS), also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy […]
2016-03-16
Prenatal diagnosis or prenatal screening (note that prenatal diagnosis and prenatal screening refer to two different types of tests) is testing for diseases or conditions in […]
2016-03-16
“Morning sickness” is a misnomer. For some pregnant women, the symptoms are worse in the morning and ease up over the course of the day, but […]
2016-03-16
It was a few weeks before my firstborn was due — and suddenly panic set in. By night, I would dream that I forgot to feed […]
2016-03-16
Your Baby in Utero Most women find that their second pregnancy is different from their first. For example, the intensity of fatigue or how soon you […]
2016-03-16
There are three different blood tests that are offered as part of prenatal screening for birth defects. The blood tests look at proteins produced by the […]
2015-09-12
We should aware our people about benefits of genetics tests before and during the pregnancy and we can use the IRIB programs or use other way […]
2015-04-25
Chief Welfare Mr. doctor Anushiravan Mohseni Bandpei visited Genetics Foundation suddenly. The visit took place on Friday 4 May and were accompanied by director of the […]
2014-12-31
The conference has retraining rating for general practitioners, gynecologists, pediatricians, nurses and midwives as well as four workshops metabolic disorders, mental retardation, dysmorphic disorders and neuromuscular […]
