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Nowadays, a broad spectrum of prenatal tests are available for pregnant women to assure the well-being of the unborn child. The various methods fall into two groups: the non-invasive and the invasive procedures. Here only the latter, namely amniocentesis, chorionic villi sampling and fetal blood sampling, should be considered. Tissue sampling is performed under sonographic control by specialized gynecologists who provide the specimen for genetic analysis. Importantly, all invasive techniques carry a significant procedure-related risk for an abortion.
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Wegner, RD. (1999). Prenatal Diagnosis — An Introduction. In: Wegner, RD. (eds) Diagnostic Cytogenetics. Springer Lab Manual. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59918-7_11
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