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Prenatal screening and diagnosis

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Amniocentesis, chorionic villi sampling

Australia

• Women & Newborn Health Service - Western Australia
  • Diagnostic Amniocentesis [2008]
  • Chorionic Villus Sampling [2008]

Canada

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Use of array genomic hybridization technology in prenatal diagnosis in Canada. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2011]
  • Use of a DNA method, QF-PCR, in the prenatal diagnosis of fetal aneuploidies. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2011]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Use of a DNA Method, QF-PCR, in the Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Aneuploidies [2011]
  • Use of Array Genomic Hybridization Technology in Prenatal Diagnosis in Canada [2011]
  • New molecular techniques for the prenatal detection of chromosomal aneuploidy [2008]
  • Mid-Trimester Amniocentesis Fetal Loss Rate [2007]
  • Amended Canadian guideline for prenatal diagnosis (2005) - Techniques for prenatal diagnosis [2005]
  • Amniocentesis and women with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus [2003]

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Guidelines for Amniocentesis and Chorionic Villus Sampling [2009]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Instruments for chorionic villus sampling for prenatal diagnosis
  • Analgesia for amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling

Sweden

• Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
  • QF-PCR in fetal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities [2004]

United Kingdom

• Health Technology Assessment
  • Amniocentesis results: investigation of anxiety. The ARIA trial [2006]

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [2010]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling [2010]
  • Amniocentesis (Consent Advice) [2006]

United States of America

• Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • Laboratory Guidelines for Detection, Interpretation, and Reporting of Maternal Cell Contamination in Prenatal Analyses [2011]

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2007]

WHO

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling for prenatal diagnosis [2009]

Articles in journals

• Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Update on Procedure-Related Risks for Prenatal Diagnosis Techniques [2010]

• Human Reproduction Update
  • Cell-free fetal nucleic acids in amniotic fluid [2011]

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