title: Fetal loss rate after chorionic villus sampling and subsequent amniocentesis.
abstract: Here we review a group of 82 patients who underwent both chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis in the same pregnancy during the period May 1984-May 1988. A fetal loss rate of 2.5% is documented. This is not essentially different from the sum of fetal loss rates following each of the procedures separately (CVS, 1.9%; amniocentesis, 1.0%) established during the same period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Hospital Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brandenburg
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Jahoda
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pijpers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reuss
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kleyer
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wladimiroff
mesh_terms: D000649:Amniocentesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015193:Chorionic Villi Sampling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012306:Risk