An overview of a 30-year experience with amniocentesis in a single tertiary medical center in Taiwan

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-211

  Chang, Yi Wen ^a,b   Chang, Chia Ming ^a,b   Sung, Pi Lin ^a,b   Yang, Ming Jie ^a,b   Li, Wai Hou ^a,b   Li, Hsin Yang ^a,b   Chen, Ling Chao ^a,b   Cheng, Ling Yi ^a,b   Lai, Yu Ling ^a,b   Cheng, Yung Yung ^a,b   Chang, Wen Hsun ^a,b   Chao, Kuan Chong ^a,b   Wang, Peng Hui ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Chromosomal abnormality; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOSAICISM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGENY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TAIWAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

AMNIOCENTESIS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; KARYOTYPE; MATERNAL AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84863859929     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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