Development of an improved technique for first-trimester microsampling of chorion

  1. C. H. RODECK Senior Lecturer and Consultant3,
  2. J. M. MORSMAN Senior Registrar3,
  3. CHRISTINE M. GOSDEN Honorary Senior Lecturer in Human Genetics1,2,
  4. JOHN R. GOSDEN2

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06456.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 90, Issue 12, pages 1113–1118, December 1983

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RODECK, C. H., MORSMAN, J. M., GOSDEN, C. M. and GOSDEN, J. R. (1983), Development of an improved technique for first-trimester microsampling of chorion. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 90: 1113–1118. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06456.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Human Genetics, King's College Hospital Medical School, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RX

  2. 2

    MRC Clinical and Population Cytogenetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Scotland, UK

  3. 3

    Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King's College Hospital Medical School, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RX

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received 6 January 1983 Accepted 5 May 1983

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Summary. Six different methods of chorion biopsy were compared and assessed in 45 patients in the first trimester of pregnancy. A total of 103 biopsies was obtained; it was found that the most reliable, accurate and safe method combined direct transcervical endoscopy with real-time ultrasound scanning, using an aspiration needle.

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