Imperfect pregnancies : a history of birth defects and prenatal diagnosis / Ilana Lowy.
By: Löwy, Ilana [author.].
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017Description: 277 p. ; cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781421423630 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Prenatal Diagnosis -- history | Congenital Abnormalities -- historyGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | RG628 .L69 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000010657 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : scrutinized fetuses -- Born imperfect : birth defects before prenatal diagnosis -- Karyotypes -- Human malformations -- From prenatal diagnosis to prenatal screening -- Sex chromosome aneuploidies -- PND and new genomics approaches -- Conclusion : PND's slippery slopes, imagined and real.