Genetic amniocentesis following multifetal pregnancy reduction does not increase the risk of pregnancy loss

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-188

  Mclean, Lynn K ^a   Evans, Mark I ^b   Carpenter Jr , Robert J ^c   Johnson, Mark P ^b   Goldberg, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St Lukes Episcopal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Multifetal pregnancy reduction; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031884130     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199802)18:2<186::AID-PD232>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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