Amniocentesis in the third trimester of pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1000-1004

  O'Donoghue, Keelin ^a,b   Giorgi, Laura ^a   Pontello, Valentina ^a   Pasquini, Lucia ^a   Kumar, Sailesh ^a,b  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Karyotype; Prenatal diagnosis; QF PCR; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWINS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMNIOCENTESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 34748902610     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1820     Document Type: Article

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