title: Chorionic villi sampling: a nursing perspective.
abstract: A relatively new procedure, chorionic villi sampling is now available as an alternative method for prenatal diagnoses of genetic disorders during pregnancy. Indications, procedures, risks, advantages, and nursing implications of this procedure are defined and described. Readers are thereby provided with current information concerning prenatal genetic diagnosis that may be passed on to patients in need of this information.
authors.affiliation: Antenatal Testing Units, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Stringer
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation; D002824:Chorionic Villi / Q000473:pathology*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000473:pathology*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors