Selective karyotyping in recurrent miscarriage: Are recommended guidelines adopted in daily clinical practice?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1965-1970

  Van Den Boogaard, E ^a   Hermens, R P M G ^b   Verhoeve, H R ^c   Kremer, J A M ^b   Van Der Veen, F ^a   Knegt, A C ^a   Goddijn, M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

guidelines; recurrent miscarriage; selective karyotyping; structural chromosome abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 79960515893     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der179     Document Type: Article

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