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Termination of pregnancy by a dilatation‐evacuation technique to obtain placental tissue for DNA analysis
Author(s) -
Ferrari M.,
CantùRajnoldi A.,
Pietri S.,
Buscaglia M.,
Nicolinl U.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970080310
Subject(s) - pregnancy , obstetrics , prenatal diagnosis , medicine , fetus , cell free fetal dna , biology , genetics
In 57 patients, following prenatal diagnosis of a fetus affected by β‐thalassaemia major, we terminated the pregnancy by dilatation and evacuation. In 19, we have already performed DNA analysis to evaluate the feasibility of prenatal diagnosis in a subsequent pregnancy.