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 2 (February)

1. Pregnancy outcome following second-trimester amniocentesis: a case-control study.
   Am J Perinatol, 23(1): 25-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Rubella in pregnancy: intrauterine transmission and perinatal outcome during a Brazilian epidemic.
   J Clin Virol, 35(3): 285-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A low vaginal "pool" amniotic fluid glucose measurement is a predictive but not a sensitive marker for infection in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes.
   Am J Obstet Gynecol, 194(2): 309-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Amniocentesis for karyotyping prior to induction of abortion at second trimester.
   Prenat Diagn, 26(2): 192. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Prenatal diagnosis of de novo t(2;18;14)(q33.1;q12.2;q31.2), dup(5)(q34q34), del(7)(p21.1p21.1), and del(10)(q25.3q25.3) and a review of the prenatally ascertained de novo apparently balanced complex and multiple chromosomal rearrangements.
   Prenat Diagn, 26(2): 138-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Prenatal diagnosis of an exceptional intrauterine herpes simplex type 1 infection.
   Prenat Diagn, 26(2): 154-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. De novo chromosomal abnormalities and month of conception.
   Prenat Diagn, 26(2): 118-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Prenatal diagnosis and outcome of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in twin pregnancies.
   BJOG, 113(3): 295-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Clonal amniotic fluid-derived stem cells express characteristics of both mesenchymal and neural stem cells.
   Biol Reprod, 74(3): 545-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Confirmation of mosaicism and uniparental disomy in amniocytes, after detection of mosaic chromosome abnormalities in chorionic villi.
    Eur J Hum Genet, 14(3): 282-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Role of kleihauer test in rhesus negative pregnancy.
    J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 16(2): 120-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Pregnant women's responses to information about an increased risk of carrying a baby with Down syndrome.
    Birth, 33(1): 64-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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