New technique for genetic amniocentesis in twins

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 304-307

  Bahado Singh, Ray ^a   Schmitt, Robert ^a   Hobbins, John C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

AMNIOCENTESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 0026567155     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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