Individual risk of fetal loss following routine second trimester amniocentesis: A controlled study of 20 460 cases

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-172

  Kozlowski, Peter ^a   Knippel, A ^a   Stressig, R ^a  

^a Pränatal Medizin und Genetik Duesseldorf ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Abortion; Amniocentesis; Risk; Smoking; Vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AMNIOCENTESIS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 43949110285     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963217     Document Type: Article

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