Various liver diseases during pregnancy have been discussed. The Jaundice in pregnant woman may be pecullar to pregnancy, such as acute fatty liver, toxaemias, intrahepatic cholestasis and hyperemesis gravidarum; or as intercurrent jaundice during pregnancy, such as viral hepatitis, gallstones, hepatotoxic drugs and underlying cirrhosis. The most common cause of jaundice in pregnancy is viral h…
The clinical diagnosis of thalassemia syndrome is not difficult to establish with relatively simple Investigations, but molecular study is needed to determine the genotype and for the prenatal diagnosis. In the molecular study, the DNA should be first amplifed and among the amplification techniques polymerase chain reaction is the simplest and the most rapid one. The procedure can in vitro ampl…