Randomised trial to assess safety and fetal outcome of early and midtrimester amniocentesis

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9098, 1998, Pages 242-247

  Wilson, R D ^a   Johnson, J M ^b   Dansereau, J ^b   Singer, J ^b   Drinnan, S L ^b   Winsor, E J T ^b   Soanes, S ^b   Kalousek, D ^b   Hillier, J ^b   Ho, M F ^b   Brown, J ^b   Wyatt, P ^b   Farrell, S ^b   O'Farrell, J ^b   Chadwick, D ^b   Natale, R ^b   Mitchell, C ^b   Fan, Y S ^b   Mohide, P ^b   Beecroft, M L ^b   Tomkins, D J ^b   Carter, R ^b   Benzie, R ^b   MacLean, B ^b   Wang, H S ^b   Dallaire, L ^b   DesRochers, M ^b   Tihy, F ^b   Eydoux, P ^b   Provencher, S ^b   Cartier, L ^b   Armson, B A ^b   Hogg, H ^b   Welch, J P ^b   Harman, C ^b   Babaian, K ^b   Dawson, A ^b   Okun, N ^b   Park, M ^b   Lin, J C C ^b   Robinson, G ^b   Summers, A ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEEDLE; PES EQUINOVARUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0032562014     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)12346-7     Document Type: Article

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