Genetic amniocentesis following multifetal pregnancy reduction to twins: Assessing the risk |
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| Authors: | Khalil M A Tabsh MD Nancy L Theroux |
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| Institution: | Southern California Perinatal Center, Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, California, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Fifty-three patients who elected to reduce their pregnancies to a twin gestation in our centre are known to have subsequently undergone genetic amniocentesis. Five of these patients lost their entire pregnancy following the genetic amniocentesis procedure. This is equivalent to a 9·4 per cent pregnancy loss rate for reduced twin gestations in comparison with an expected loss rate of 2 per cent for non-reduced twin gestations. |
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| Keywords: | genetic amniocentesis multifetal pregnancy reduction |
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