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 4 (2008), Issue 2 (February)

1. Amniotic fluid prostaglandin concentrations increase before the onset of spontaneous labor at term.
   J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 21(2): 89-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Resolution of hydrops secondary to cytomegalovirus after maternal and fetal treatment with human cytomegalovirus hyperimmune globulin.
   Obstet Gynecol, 111(2): 524-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Using Proteomic Analysis of the Human Amniotic Fluid to Identify Histologic Chorioamnionitis.
   Obstet Gynecol, 111(2): 403-412. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Pain experience during chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis: A preliminary study.
   Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 136(2): 189-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Anxiety and prenatal testing: do women with soft ultrasound findings have increased anxiety compared to women with other indications for testing?
   Prenat Diagn, 28(2): 135-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Post-genomics studies and their application to non-invasive prenatal diagnosis.
   Semin Fetal Neonatal Med, 13(2): 91-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNAemia in the mother at amniocentesis as a risk factor for iatrogenic HCMV infection of the fetus.
   J Infect Dis, 197(4): 593-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Genomic medicine in prenatal diagnosis.
   Clin Obstet Gynecol, 51(1): 62-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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