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Amniocentesis in twin pregnancies
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2008To describe the experiences in diagnostic amniocentesis in twin pregnancies.The computerized database and medical records of pregnant women attending Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit of the hospital for diagnostic amniocentesis at 16-20 weeks gestation between January 1992 and December 2006 were retrospectively reviewed.During 15 years of experience, 7,890
S. Sirichotiyakul +6 more
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Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, 1996
The primary purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether the safety of early amniocentesis (EA; 11 weeks to 12 weeks and 6 days) is similar to midtrimester amniocentesis (MA; 15 weeks to 16 weeks and 6 days). The secondary objectives were to determine the cytogenetic success and accuracy of EA compared with MA.This prospective, randomized ...
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The primary purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether the safety of early amniocentesis (EA; 11 weeks to 12 weeks and 6 days) is similar to midtrimester amniocentesis (MA; 15 weeks to 16 weeks and 6 days). The secondary objectives were to determine the cytogenetic success and accuracy of EA compared with MA.This prospective, randomized ...
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Abortion, Amniocentesis and the Law
The American Journal of Comparative Law, 1986This paper is centered upon legal relationships between medical recourse to abortion and the results of prenatal testing of a fetus conducted by amniocentesis. This procedure will be considered in the context of its special features, but it may be treated as representative of a number of modern methods of prenatal diagnosis, which includes ultrasound ...
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On the Complication Risk of Early Amniocentesis versus Standard Amniocentesis
Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, 1997In the last 6 years early amniocentesis for the prenatal diagnosis of chromosome aberrations has been established in many centers worldwide, but knowledge about the gynecological safety of the procedure is sparse. From 1990 to 1995 at the Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen (Germany) 3,277 early amniocenteses (between weeks 11 and 14) and 1,808 ...
R. Goebel +7 more
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1976
To the Editor.— The results of the prospective study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have been reported (234:1219, 1975) showing amniocentesis to be a safe diagnostic procedure. No mention was made of the contribution or role of ultrasound in this procedure.
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To the Editor.— The results of the prospective study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have been reported (234:1219, 1975) showing amniocentesis to be a safe diagnostic procedure. No mention was made of the contribution or role of ultrasound in this procedure.
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Amniocentesis in the context of infertility
Health Care for Women International, 1991The encounter with amniocentesis compels infertile couples to experience again the mix of adversity, uncertainty, and hope characterizing both infertility and prenatal testing. Findings from open-ended interviews of 38 couples, 25 infertile and 13 fertile, participating in an ongoing longitudinal field study of infertile childbearing and adopting ...
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Crossing the chorion: Amniocentesis
The Journal of Pediatrics, 1964“The death of a human fetus with erythroblastosis fetalis may have been preventedby intrauterine blood transfused into the fetal peritoneum around the 30th week of pregnancy.” News item, The Medical Tribune, World Wide Report, Rochester, N. Y., March 27, 1964.
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1973
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses amniocentesis and the cell culturing. Amniocentesis has been revived for the detection of congenital fetal abnormalities early in pregnancy in high risk families. Sufficient experience has been obtained in a number of clinics to confirm that cells from amniotic fluid can be successfully grown in tissue culture ...
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Publisher Summary This chapter discusses amniocentesis and the cell culturing. Amniocentesis has been revived for the detection of congenital fetal abnormalities early in pregnancy in high risk families. Sufficient experience has been obtained in a number of clinics to confirm that cells from amniotic fluid can be successfully grown in tissue culture ...
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