Amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling in multiple gestations? Experience with 500 cases

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 234-244

  Van Den Berg, Cardi ^a   Braat, Armando P G ^a   Van Opstal, Diane ^a   Halley, Dicky J J ^a   Kleijer, Wim J ^a   Den Hollander, Nicolette S ^a   Brandenburg, Helen ^a   Pijpers, Leen ^b   Los, Frans J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Merwede Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Chorionic villus sampling; Multiple pregnancy; Selective reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 0032972541     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199903)19:3<234::AID-PD516>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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