Karyotype versus microarray testing for genetic abnormalities after stillbirth

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2185-2193

  Reddy, Uma M ^a   Page, Grier P ^b   Saade, George R ^c   Silver, Robert M ^d   Thorsten, Vanessa R ^b   Parker, Corette B ^b   Pinar, Halit ^e   Willinger, Marian ^a   Stoll, Barbara J ^f   Heim Hall, Josefine ^h   Varner, Michael W ^d   Goldenberg, Robert L ⁱ   Bukowski, Radek ^c   Wapner, Ronald J ⁱ   Drews Botsch, Carolyn D ^g   O'Brien, Barbara M ^e   Dudley, Donald J ^h   Levy, Brynn ⁱ  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

ⁱ NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84870567269     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1201569     Document Type: Article

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