A false-positive diagnosis of Turner syndrome by amniocentesis

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 463-466

  Griffiths, M J ^a   Miller, P R ^a   Stibbe, H M ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

45,X; Amniocentesis; False positive; Turner syndrome; Vanishing twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CENTROMERE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL RESORPTION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY; TURNER SYNDROME; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0029927305     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199605)16:5<463::AID-PD876>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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