First-trimester chromosome diagnosis by lavage of the uterine cavity

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 823-827

  Maggi, F ^a   Berdusco, F ^a   Liuti, R ^a   Trotta, A ^a   Testi, A ^a   Vadora, E ^b   Petrelli, M ^b   Calestani, V ^b   Simoni, G ^c  

^a Laboratorio TOMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal karyotyping; Intrauterine washing; Semi direct method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPING; LAVAGE; MOSAICISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRISOMY; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CAVITY;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 0029819505     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199609)16:9<823::AID-PD952>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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