Value of amniocentesis versus fetal tissue for cytogenetic analysis in cases of fetal demise

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-84

  Bryant Borders, Ann E ^a   Greenberg, Jessica ^b   Plaga, Stacey ^b   Shepard Hinton, Megan ^b   Yates, Carin ^b   Elias, Sherman ^b   Shulman, Lee P ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Prentice Women's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Cytogenetics; Fetal demise; Fetal tissue; Second trimester fetal demise; Third trimester fetal demise

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOCENTESIS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 70350755589     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000238114     Document Type: Article

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