title: [Chorion biopsy for chromosome diagnosis in the 1st trimester--discussion contribution to a new method of prenatal diagnosis].
abstract: Biopsy of the chorion is a new possibility in prenatal diagnostics offering certain advantages over the classical puncture of the amniotic fluid during the second trimenon. The article explains the technique, possibilities of complications and ethical aspects with regard to a possible acceptance of this examination method as a routine procedure.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002823:Chorion / Q000166:cytology*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Die Chorionbiopsie als Mittel zur Chromosomendiagnostik im I. Trimenon--Diskussionsbeitrag zu einer neuen Methode der Pränataldiagnostik.