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BJOG release: Fetal death trends over a 40 year period

22/12/2010
BJOG

Perinatal mortality rates in Norway have decreased by 72% over the last forty years according to a major new study into fetal death trends published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

New Green-top guideline - The Management Of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease,

04/03/2010
New Green-top Guideline

The RCOG has publised a new Green-top guideline on The Management Of  Gestational Trophoblastic Disease.

BJOG release: Doctors find new test for the risk of small for gestational age babies

11/03/2009
BJOG

Researchers at the University of Leicester have found a way to predict the risk of fetal growth restriction (FGR) by analysing maternal urine for modified DNA while the fetus is still developing in the womb.

BJOG release: Smoking obscures tests for Down syndrome

23/11/2007

New research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology shows that women smoking during the first stage of pregnancy affects the levels of chemicals in the blood that are used for Down syndrome screening, and this could lead to misleading results.

Additional Non-Invasive Screening Test ‘Improves Down’s Detection’

29/08/2002

Non-invasive screening for chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down’s Syndrome, could become more accurate if an assessment of the blood flow of the ductus venosus (the vascular channel between the umbilical cord and the fetus’ heart) is carried out in combination with nuchal translucency, according to research published in the BJOG (British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) today.

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