Cytogenetic diagnosis of 'normal 46,XX' karyotypes in spontaneous abortions frequently may be misleading

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 334-341

  Bell, Karen A ^a,b   Van Deerlin, Peter G ^a,b   Haddad, Bassem R ^a,b   Feinberg, Ronald F ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; FISH; Karyotype; PCR; Products of conception; Recurrent miscarriage; Sex ratio; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032953537     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00445-2     Document Type: Article

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