title: Fetal muscle biopsy.
abstract: Fetal muscle specimens suitable for histological and histochemical studies were obtained under fetoscopic visualization by removing a small piece of skin, thereby exposing the underlying muscle. The procedure was carried out in 7 cases prior to second-trimester abortion. Muscle specimens so obtained may become useful in the prenatal diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis