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2nd IFCC-OCD Conference on Pregnancy Related Disorders

 

 

2nd IFCC Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) Conference

Disease and the Clinical Laboratory Pregnancy Related Disorders:

Present Perspectives and Emerging Challenges

Paris, 25-26 February 2011

 Slides are made available for educational purposes only.
They may not be copied nor used without the written (e-mail) consent of the author

25 FEBRUARY 2011

• Improving screening and diagnosis of Pregnancy-related disorders through an integrated approach

                Prof. René Frydman, FR

 

• Prenatal screening for trisomy 21

                Jacob A. Canick, US

• Screening for metabolic diseases in the neonate: an update

               Gerard Loeber, NL

• Ethical aspects of the expansion of neonatal screening program due to technological advances

                David Elliman, UK

 

• Candidate biochemical markers for early pregnancy screening fo pre-eclampsia

                Jean-Claude Forest, CA

• Ultrasound markers for the detection of women at risk of developing pre-eclampsia

                Guillaume Macè, FR

• Does combining biophysical and biochemical tests improve early detection performance?

                Kevin Spencer, UK

 

• Biological markers for the diagnosis and the prognosis of preterm premature rupture of membranes

                François Goffinet, FR

 

26 FEBRUARY 2011

SESSION 4 -Philippe Gillery, FR

• Investigation of the infertile obese woman: the laboratory's role

                Rachel Levy, Isabelle Cédrin-Durneris, FR

• Screening for gestational diabetes revisited

                Ian Young, UK

• Linking pre-eclampsia and cardiovascular disease later in life: genetic determinants

                Yves Giguère, CA

• Fetal nucleic acids in maternal blood: the promises

                Dennis Lo, HK

• The use of proteomic for prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes

                Jenny Myers, UK