title: Ultrasonically guided direct umbilical cord blood sampling.
abstract: Ultrasonically guided umbilical cord blood sampling (funicentesis) allows rapid karyotyping and diagnosis of fetal viral infections and other fetal diseases. This technique may also aid in the management of fetal disease. One of three fetuses studied had a chromosomal abnormality, trisomy 18. None had evidence of viral infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amon
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Dacus
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Mabie
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Emerson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D005312:Fetal Blood; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography