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Learn about exciting studies underway at the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center and how to easily refer patients who could benefit from participating in current trials.
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Fetal Care: Understanding and Managing Risks for Monochorionic Twins
UCSF experts share their approach to evaluating twins in utero, focused on ultrasound detection of those who share a placenta while developing in separate amniotic spaces. Radiologist Vickie A. Feldstein, MD, and perinatologist Nasim Sobhani, ...
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In Utero Therapy for Serious Genetic Disorders: Saving and Improving Children’s Lives
Early fetal therapies have the power to change everything for babies and families affected by alpha thalassemia major or lysosomal storage diseases.
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Window of Opportunity: The Potential Payoff of Early Fetal Ultrasound
Perinatologist and medical geneticist Mary E. Norton, MD, discusses the value – and clarifies the limitations – of fetal ultrasound as early as 11 weeks.
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Hydrops fetalis is a condition in pregnancy marked by abnormal collections of fluid in the fetus. UCSF is the premier center for the diagnosis and management of pregnancies with hydrops fetalis.
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Comprehensive Early Anatomic Evaluation
Since its founding in 1981, the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center has expanded its vision to incorporate dynamic new methods for fetal diagnosis and treatment based on the emerging fields of maternal-fetal genetics and precision medicine
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Prenatal Diagnostic Center Santa Rosa
At the UCSF Prenatal Diagnostic Center in Santa Rosa, you and your patients have access to advanced technologies and services provided by physicians with expertise in both genetics and maternal-fetal medicine.
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Monochorionic Twin Recommendations
The following recommendations are meant for both patients and their providers as guidance during a pregnancy with monochorionic twins.
UCSF performed the first successful open fetal surgery in 1981, and is one of the most experienced institutions in fetal surgery and endoscopic fetal intervention in the world. Our success in correcting life-threatening problems in utero lies in the combination of specialized technology – much of which was developed or refined here -- and the precise coordination of pediatric experts from across multiple specialties.
