Prenatal diagnosis in twin gestations: A comparison between second-trimester amniocentesis and first-trimester chorionic villus sampling

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 49-56

  Wapner, Ronald J ^a   Johnson, Anthony ^a   Davis, George ^a   Urban, Anita ^a   Morgan, Patricia ^a   Jackson, Laird ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 0027231801     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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