Amniocentesis before 14 completed weeks as an alternative to transabdominal chorionic villus sampling: A controlled trial with infant follow-up

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 465-475

  Nagel, Hélène T C ^a   Vandenbussche, Frank P H A ^a   Keirse, Marc J N C ^a,b   Oepkes, Dick ^a   Oosterwijk, Jan C ^a,c   Beverstock, Geoffrey ^a   Kanhai, Humphrey H H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chorionic villus sampling; Clubfoot; Early amniocentesis; First trimester amniocentesis; Mosaicism; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MORBIDITY; PES EQUINOVARUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031807585     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199805)18:5<465::aid-pd325>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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