OBSTETRIC ASPECTS OF MIDTRIMESTER FETAL BLOOD SAMPLING BY NEEDLING OR FETOSCOPY
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 87 (2), 87-99
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1980.tb04499.x
Abstract
We describe our experience at University College Hospital, London, with the first 135 patients submitted to midtrimester fetal blood sampling for antenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassaemia major, other thalassaemias and homozygous sickle cell disease. Blind needling and fetoscopy with sampling are evaluated and their application discussed. With experienced operators 9 per cent of patients experienced a fetal loss.Keywords
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