Sentences with phrase «genetic abnormalities like»
The tenth week is usually the time that a chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is performed, which will check for genetic abnormalities like sickle cell anemia, Down Syndrome, cystic fibrosis and Tay - Sachs disease.
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Chromosome abnormalities are known to increase the risk of miscarriage and implantation failure — as well as causing genetic conditions like Down's syndrome.
For half a century, women have relied on invasive and risky tests like amniocentesis, which collects DNA from the womb, to learn whether their unborn child had genetic abnormalities.
But cardiomyopathy can also be brought on by genetic disorders like muscular dystrophy, which causes abnormalities in a protein called dystrophin.
The process, known as prenatal screening, is already used to determine whether an embryo exhibits signs of conditions like Down syndrome and diseases like sickle cell anemia, but it could also be used to identify any other genetic abnormalities — particularly genetic mutations — exhibited by an embryo.
This means the chances of early pregnancy loss and having a pregnancy with a genetic abnormality, like Down syndrome, are increased.
Like Hip Dysplasia it can be genetic but Elbow Dysplasia is the general term for any one of many abnormalities within the joint and can also be caused by environmental factors such as rapid growth, obesity, trauma or nutrition.
Genetic abnormalities begin to creep into a breed, owners decide they'd like to show off their breeding programs in the show ring, and breeding for show can lead to production of dogs that do well on exhibit but have lost the purpose for which they were developed.
By not having a dual registry with a special category of pure - breed dogs who have been progeny - tested and screened for genetic abnormalities and heritable diseases, the «papers» are of little value, although many believe them to be like some Good Housekeeping seal of approval.
Low SG is not going to be an absolute guarantee in every case because some problem cats may have a genetic abnormality or an inability to regulate minerals like calcium in their body.
This sounds like one - off genetic dwarf since dwarfism produces a compact, short - bodied cat, often with a disproportionately large head and possibly other abnormalities.