Fetal Syndromes: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes

The Doctor Weighs In
10 min readSep 3, 2020

By Talitha McGuinness

Medically reviewed by Patricia Salber MD, MBA (@docweighsin)

Fetal syndromes are the #1 cause of infant death in US infants with >800,000 pregnancies/year affected by one of 4,000 known fetal syndromes.

Fetal syndromes are typically detected between 17 and 24 weeks. (Photo source: iStock)

Every year, millions of expectant parents celebrate the imminent arrival of their new family members…

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