Links
Useful Links
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Revolution Health: Birth defects
This website provides a comprehensive and easily understandable section about diagnostic tests to identify birth defects. The information is provided by Revolutionhealth.com - a free health and medical information site that focuses on the interests of consumers.
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March of Dimes
This site is a non-profit organisation that is “dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality”. It contains comprehensive information about pregnancy in general, with a special focus on possible complications and birth defects.
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Mayo Clinic: Prenatal testing
This site contains valuable information about prenatal diagnostics. The content on this website is provided by the American Mayoclinic - a “not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness”. The information is provided by physicians and scientists.
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Mayo Clinic: Foetal ultrasound
This section provides information about the procedures of foetal ultrasound. Videos are included. The content on this website is provided by the American Mayoclinic - a “not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness”. The information is provided by physicians and scientists.
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Mayo Clinic: Amniocentesis
This site contains valuable information about the procedures of amniocentesis. The content on this website is provided by the American Mayoclinic - a “not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness”. The information is provided by physicians and scientists.
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Children’s Hospital Boston: Prenatal diagnosis
This website of the Children’s Hospital Boston provides information about the prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects, including sections on foetal echocardiography and amniocentesis.
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National Institutes of Health: Pregnancy and Healthy Weight
Findings from a recent study indicate that, compared to women at normal weight, women who are obese before pregnancy are much more likely to have babies with congenital heart defects.