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Fetal blood sampling during the third trimester of pregnancy
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb05893.x
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1471-0528/asset/cover.gif?v=1&s=b4e1d96c46e18c61210d584b63c13ee375cf562b "BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology")
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 91, Issue 2, pages 118–121, February 1984
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How to Cite
DAFFOS, F., FORESTIER, F. and PAVLOVSKY, M. C. (1984), Fetal blood sampling during the third trimester of pregnancy. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 118–121. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb05893.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 31 March 1983; Accepted 7 August 1983
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Fetal blood sampling was possible during the third trimester of pregnancy by direct puncture of the umbilical vein near its placental insertion, using a needle guided by ultrasound. Between 2 and 6 ml of pure fetal blood were obtained from three pregnancies without adverse effect on the fetuses. If this new procedure proves to have an acceptable complication rate it should widen the field of prenatal diagnosis for the detection of treatable diseases of the fetus.