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| Symptoms include personality changes and progressive loss of memory and muscle control |
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a buildup of mucus in the lungs,
develops in childhood. Breathing is difficult, and most people do not live
beyond their twenties. |
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The technology that is most commonly used to detect abnormalities in the
developing fetus.also be used to determine the gender of the fetus. |
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the doctor uses a syringe to
remove amniotic fluid from the sac that surrounds the fetus |
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occurs when a fetus is involuntarily
expelled from the womb before it has developed enough to survive on its own. |
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| Chorionic villus sampling |
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involves inserting a catheter
through the vagina into the uterus to sample cells of
the placenta. |
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Women who choose in vitro fertilization have some
eggs collected and tested for genetic disorders |
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