First Trimester Fetal Diagnosis [Paperback]

An International Symposium, Covento delle Clarisse, Rapallo, Italy, October 25-27, 1984Long-term Follow-up Results After Aspiration of Chorionic Villi During Early Pregnancy.- Chorionic Villi Sampling: General Methodological and Clinical Approach.- Chorionic Villi Sampling in a High-Risk Population Using the Portex Cannula.- Technical Aspects of Chorionic Villi Sampling in First Trimester Fetal Diagnosis.- Single-Operator Aspiration of Chorionic Villi Using an Ultrasound-Guided Silver Cannula.- Chorionic Villi Sampling Using Rigid Forceps Under Ultrasound Control.- Direct Vision Technique for Chorionic Villi Sampling in 100 Diagnostic Cases.- Transabdominal Chorionic Villi Sampling for First Trimester Fetal Diagnosis.- Chorionic Villi Sampling by Means of a New Endoscopic Device.- A Modified Portex Cannula for Chorionic Villi Sampling.- Improved Echogenicity of the Catheter for Chorionic Villi Sampling.- Optimal Timing of Chorionic Biopsy and its Application in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy.- Microbiology of the Endocervix in Patients Undergoing Chorionic Villi Sampling.- Fetoplacental Products as a Prognostic Guide Following Chorionic Villi Sampling.- Ultrasonic Observation of Pregnancy During the First Trimester Using a Vaginal Approach.- New Sonographic Criteria in Monitoring the First Trimester of Pregnancy.- Cytogenetics of Chorionic Villi Sampling: Technical Developments and Diagnostic Applications.- Cytogenetic Findings in First Trimester Chorionic Villi Biopsies: A Collaborative Study.- Results of 180 First Trimester Direct Chromosome Studies in Chorionic Villi.- Mosaicism Confined to Chorionic Tissue in Human Gestations.- Discordance Between Prenatal Cytogenetic Diagnosis after Chorionic Villi Sampling and Chromosomal Constitution of the Fetus.- Mixed Karyotypes Obtained by Chorionic Villi Analysis: Mosaicism and Maternal Contamination.- Culturing Trophoblast Samples.- Choice of Medium for Cultivation and 24-Hour Incubation of Chorionic Villi: Selectivel3³