0 a medical test in which a needle is used to remove a small amount of the liquid that surrounds a baby in the mother's womb in order to examine the baby's condition
Confined placental mosaicism is usually resolved by long term culture of a placental biopsy33 or by subsequent amniocentesis.
The number of physicians who could undertake the invasive procedure of amniocentesis safely were limited, as were laboratories who could culture amniotic samples.
One woman had a borderline negative triple test and chose to have an amniocentesis.
Diagnosis of the respiratory distress syndrome by amniocentesis.
Women 40 years of age or older can be offered direct fetal chromosomal analysis (placental biopsy or amniocentesis) as an option.
Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling are likely to introduce fetal cells into the maternal circulation.
However, there were several other problems which may or may not have been related to the amniocentesis.
Not all women who have the benefits and risks explained to them choose to have amniocentesis performed.
