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Chorionic villus sampling in a high‐risk population— 4 years' experience
Author(s) -
WARD R. H. T.,
PETROU M.,
MODELL B. M.,
KNOTT P. D.,
MAXWELL D.,
HOOKER J. G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06509.x
Subject(s) - chorionic villus sampling , obstetrics , chorionic villi , prenatal diagnosis , fetus , medicine , sampling (signal processing) , population , gynecology , pregnancy , biology , genetics , environmental health , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Summary. Between August 1982 and July 1986 a total of 163 pregnancies in 136 patients with a high genetic risk have had prenatal diagnosis by chorionic villus sampling. Villi were not obtained in five pregnancies (two of which subsequently miscarried), and 11 fetal losses followed successful sampling (four in pregnancies in which the fetus was shown to be affected). The rate of fetal loss fell with increasing experience of the team. Three sets of twins were all sampled successfully.