Löwy, Ilana, 1948-

Imperfect pregnancies : a history of birth defects and prenatal diagnosis / Ilana Lowy. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies 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.



9781421423647


Abnormalities, Human.
Prenatal diagnosis.
Prenatal Diagnosis--history.
Congenital Abnormalities--history.


Electronic Books.

RG628 / .I474 2017