Success rate of cytogenetic analysis at the time of secondtrimester dilation and evacuation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 957-961

  Bernick, B A ^a   Ufberg, D D ^a   Nemiroff, R ^a   Donnenfeld, A ^a   Tolosa, J E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilation and evacuation; Intrauterine fetal death; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031771453     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70196-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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