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Utility of fetal karyotype in the evaluation of phenotypically abnormal stillbirths.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Pinar Halit, Carpenter Marshall, Martin Benjamin J, Tantravahi Umadevi
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this study are to test the hypothesis that stillbirths without aneuploidy-associated phenotypes have a low incidence of karyotypic abnormalities, similar among those with and without other anatomic defects. We employed a uniform postmortem protocol to examine fetuses and placentas in 962 consecutive stillbirths measuring > or =20 weeks in clinically determined gestational age submitted to the...
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