Amniocentesis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Amniocentesis, including details on pregnancy, prenatal screening, diagnosis, risks, down syndrome.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 1 (January)

1. Sexual dimorphism in the levels of amniotic fluid leptin in pregnancies at 16 weeks of gestation: relation to fetal growth.
   Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 124(1): 53-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Prenatal diagnosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women: a new screening program for chromosomal anomalies.
   Am J Obstet Gynecol, 194(1): 192-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Operator experience and sample quality in genetic amniocentesis.
   Am J Obstet Gynecol, 194(1): 189-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Fetal thymic involution: a sonographic marker of the fetal inflammatory response syndrome.
   Am J Obstet Gynecol, 194(1): 153-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Antidepressants in Amniotic Fluid: Another Route of Fetal Exposure.
   Am J Psychiatry, 163(1): 145-147. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. C-reactive protein concentration in vaginal fluid as a marker for intra-amniotic inflammation/infection in preterm premature rupture of membranes.
   J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 18(6): 417-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in patients with preterm parturition and microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity.
   J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 18(6): 405-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Screening for Down Syndrome: Practice Patterns and Knowledge of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
   Obstet Gynecol, 107(1): 11-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Xenobiotic phenols in early pregnancy amniotic fluid.
   Reprod Toxicol, 21(1): 110-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Comparison of lamellar body counts using light microscopy with standard coulter counter techniques to assess fetal lung maturity.
    Gynecol Obstet Invest, 61(1): 29-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Diagnosis and management of heterokaryotypic monochorionic twins.
    Am J Med Genet A, 140(3): 272-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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