Back to Search
Start Over
Obstetrician-gynecologists performing genetic amniocentesis may misleading themselves and their patients
- Source :
- American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. June, 2001, Vol. 184 Issue 7, p1340, 5 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2001
-
Abstract
- Amniocentesis is more likely to cause a miscarriage if performed by an obstetrician-gynecologist rather than a perinatologist. A perinatologist is a specialist in fetal diseases. In a study of 1,384 amniocentesis procedures, the miscarriage rate was 1 in 46 procedures for the OB/GYNs and 1 in 312 procedures for the perinatologists.
- Subjects :
- Amniocentesis -- Complications
Miscarriage -- Causes of
Health
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00029378
- Volume :
- 184
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.76684457