The selective use of rapid aneuploidy screening in prenatal diagnosis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-33

  Dickinson, Jan E ^a,b   Harcourt, Emma ^a   Murch, Ashleigh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Aneuploidy; CVS; FISH; Karyotype; Long term culture; Rapid karyotype; Short term culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ECONOMICS; KARYOTYPING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66549092397     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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