Clinical and cytogenetic results of a large series of amniocentesis cases from Turkey: Report of 6124 cases

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-146

  Ocak, Zeynep ^a,b   Özlü, Tülay ^b   Yazicioǧlu, Hasan Fehmi ^a   Özyurt, Osman ^a   Aygün, Mehmet ^a  

^a Süleymaniye Maternity Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Chromosomal abnormality; Down syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM SCREENING TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 21; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AMNIOCENTESIS; CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITY; DOWN SYNDROME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TURKEY;

EID: 84897071008     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12144     Document Type: Article

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