Exploring Women’s Experiences of Amniocentesis: A Qualitative Content Analysis by Jaruwan Kownaklai, Umaporn Kuasit, Nanthiya Thaicharoen

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Abortion Rate Following Chorionic Villous Sampling and Amniocentesis in Twin Pregnancies by Fatemeh Golshahi, Fatemeh Rahimi-Sharbaf, Mahbobeh Shirazi, Sara Saeedi, Athar Abdolrazagh Nejad, Sahar Garfami, Nafise Saedi, Jafar Golshahi, Zeynab Amiriarya, Narjes Tavakolikia, Behrokh Sahebdel

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Second Trimester Genetic Amniocentesis: Five- Year Experience of a Maternal- Fetal Medicine Unit by Orkun Çetin, Fatma Ferda Verit Atmaca, Ali Galip Zebitay, Ayşegül Deregözü, Begüm Aydoğan, Seda Keskin, Oğuz Yücel

Subjects: “…Genetic amniocentesis…”
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Human Amniotic Fluid Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Second- and Third-Trimester Amniocentesis: Differentiation Potential, Molecular Signature, and Proteome Analysis by Jurate Savickiene, Grazina Treigyte, Sandra Baronaite, Giedre Valiuliene, Algirdas Kaupinis, Mindaugas Valius, Audrone Arlauskiene, Ruta Navakauskiene

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The Effect of Prenatal Invasive Tests on Neonatal Birthweight by Atakan Tanacan, Emine Aydın, Ayşe Nur Çakar, Murat Çağan, Dinçer Göksuluk, Mehmet Sinan Beksaç

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Relevance of Invasive Testing in Era of Non-Invasive Testing for Prenatal Chromosomal Abnormalities by Abhijeet Kumar, Madhusudan Dey, Devendra Arora

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Effect of invasive tests during pregnancy on perinatal transmission of hepatitis B infection: a scoping review by Ka Wang Cheung, Tiffany Sin-Tung Au, Ying Rong Li, Zhenyan Han, Zhu Zhang, Mimi Tin Yan Seto

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High-level mosaicism for 45,X in 45,X/46,XX at amniocentesis in a pregnancy with positive non-invasive prenatal testing for Turner syndrome, postnatal decrease of the 45,X cell line and a favorable fetal outcome by Chih-Ping Chen

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A New Model for Providing Cell-Free DNA and Risk Assessment for Chromosome Abnormalities in a Public Hospital Setting by Robert Wallerstein, Andrea Jelks, Matthew J. Garabedian

“…Most selected cfDNA screening (69%) over integrated screening (0.6%), direct-to-invasive testing (14.1%), or no screening (16.6%). Amniocentesis rates decreased following implementation of cfDNA screening (19.0% versus 13.0%, P<0.05). …”
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Results of Routine Antenatal Screening for Cytomegalovirus at a Tertiary Center by Duygu TUGRUL ERSAK, Izzet OZGURLUK, Ayse Gulcin BASTEMUR, Esra GULEN YILDIZ, Selcan SINACI, Ezgi TURGUT, Ozgur KARA, Atakan TANACAN, Dilek SAHIN

“…Pregnant women with positive IgM accompanying low avidity were referred to perinatology clinics for detailed ultrasonography and amniocentesis. Only 3 of the 44 pregnant women who underwent amniocentesis were confirmed to have positive CMV PCR testing. …”
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Clonal Populations of Amniotic Cells by Dilution and Direct Plating: Evidence for Hidden Diversity by Patricia G. Wilson, Lorna Devkota, Tiffany Payne, Laddie Crisp, Allison Winter, Zhan Wang

“…More than 40 clonal populations were recovered from 4 amniocentesis samples and representative clones were characterized by flow cytometry, conventional assays for differentiation potential, immunofluorescence imaging, and transcript analysis. …”
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Maternal Parvovirus B19 Infection Causing First-Trimester Increased Nuchal Translucency and Fetal Hydrops by Olivia Grubman, Farrah Naz Hussain, Zoe Nelson, Lois Brustman

“…The amniocentesis revealed elevated parvovirus B19 DNA, quantitative PCR (2,589,801 copies/mL, reference range <100 copies/mL). …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Concurrent Achondroplasia and Klinefelter Syndrome by Esther Perez-Carbajo, Ignacio Zapardiel, Luis Sanfrutos-Llorente, Sara Cruz-Melguizo, Cristina Martinez-Payo, Enrique Iglesias-Goy

“…In cases of prenatal diagnosis of achondroplasia with additional suspicious morphological abnormalities, an invasive test such as amniocentesis must be carried out to assess the karyotype normality.…”
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Cryptic translocation involving two acrocentric chromosome ends revealed by fluorescence in situ hybridization after two consecutive pregnancies of which the results of chromosome... by Yao-Lung Chang, Hsiu-Huei Peng, Hsueh-Chun Cheng, Chi-Yuan Chiang, Ho-Yen Chueh, Yu-Ting Lin, Chin-Pei Lee, Shuenn-Dyh Chang, Ming Chen

“…Case Report: In a 44-year-old pregnant woman, amniocentesis revealed a fetal karyotype of 46, XY,13qs and microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) showed 13q34 (113610612–115092948) deletion. …”
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Antenatal Bartter Syndrome: A Review by Y. Ramesh Bhat, G. Vinayaka, K. Sreelakshmi

“…Awareness, early recognition, maternal treatment with indomethacin, and amniocentesis allow the pregnancy to continue. Affected neonates are usually born premature, have postnatal polyuria, vomiting, failure to thrive, hypercalciuria, and subsequently nephrocalcinosis. …”
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Trisomy 9 Mosaicism Diagnosed In Utero by Hironori Takahashi, Satoshi Hayashi, Yumiko Miura, Keiko Tsukamoto, Rika Kosaki, Yushi Itoh, Haruhiko Sago

“…We present three cases of trisomy 9 mosaicism diagnosed by amniocentesis with ongoing pregnancies after referral to our center due to fetal abnormalities. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of 45,X/46,XX Mosaicism with Presence of SRY Gene. A Case Report by Pedro Alí Díaz-Véliz Jiménez, María Antonia Ocaña Gil, Leydi María Sosa Águila, Belkis Vidal Hernández

“…In the Provincial Medical Genetics Center, a 42-year-old pregnant woman underwent an amniocentesis which led to the detection of mosaic Turner Syndrome (45,X/46,XX). …”
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Phytoestrogens in Human Pregnancy by John Jarrell, Warren G. Foster, David W. Kinniburgh

“…Women who had an indication for a genetic amniocentesis on the basis of late maternal age were approached for inclusion. …”
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The First Case Report in Italy of Di George Syndrome Detected by Noninvasive Prenatal Testing by Giuseppina Rapacchia, Cristina Lapucci, Maria Carla Pittalis, Aly Youssef, Antonio Farina

“…The patient had an amniocentesis to confirm the diagnosis by MLPA (multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification) and an ultrasound aimed to detect the features associated with the syndrome. …”
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Amniotic Fluid β2- Microglobulin Measurements by Emine Aydın, Alp Tuna Beksaç, Ergün Karaağaoğlu, M. Sinan Beksaç

“…STUDY DESIGN: One hundred patient’s amniotic fluid β2-microglobulin levels had been evaluated retrospectively (March-October 2009). The most common amniocentesis indication was advanced maternal age (33.3%). …”
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