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 3 (March)

1. The effect of gestational age and labor on placental growth hormone in amniotic fluid.
   Growth Horm IGF Res, 18(2): 174-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Prenatal diagnosis of mosaic trisomy 8q studied by ultrasound, cytogenetics, and array-CGH.
   Am J Med Genet A, 146(6): 764-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Fetal Adrenal Gland Volume and Cortisol/Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Ratio in Inflammation-Associated Preterm Birth.
   Obstet Gynecol, 111(3): 715-722. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Revisiting the Fetal Loss Rate After Second-Trimester Genetic Amniocentesis: A Single Center's 16-Year Experience.
   Obstet Gynecol, 111(3): 589-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Expected performance of second trimester maternal serum testing followed by a 'genetic sonogram' in screening of fetal Down syndrome.
   Prenat Diagn, 28(3): 230-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Pregnant Women's Attitudes Toward Amniocentesis Before Receiving Down Syndrome Screening Results.
   Womens Health Issues, 18(2): 79-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Efficient and reproducible generation of high-expressing, stable human cell lines without need for antibiotic selection.
   BMC Biotechnol, 8: 13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Monosomy 18p.
   Orphanet J Rare Dis, 3: 4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Cost-effectiveness analysis of triple test in second-trimester maternal serum screening for Down's syndrome: an experience from Taiwan with decreasing birth rate but increasing population of old pregnant women.
   J Eval Clin Pract, 14(2): 191-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Placental mesenchymal dysplasia associated with trisomy 13: Sonographic findings.
    J Clin Ultrasound. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Maternal antenatal anxiety and amniotic fluid cortisol and testosterone: possible implications for foetal programming.
    J Neuroendocrinol, 20(4): 489-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Prediction of small for gestational age newborns using ultrasound estimated and actual amniotic fluid volume: published data revisited.
    Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol, 48(2): 160-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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