After amniocentesis and prenatal counseling, the couple chose to terminate the pregnancy. 经羊膜穿刺术检查染色体正常。
amniocentesis amniocenteses
[ noun ] (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities <noun.act>
If the preliminary finding of fetal cells in mother's bloodstreams is confirmed, it should be possible to do the same kind of genetic tests on those fetal cells as are now done on fetal tissue samples obtained through amniocentesis.
The study was initiated partly to address the question of whether CVS would increase the risk of miscarriage, which is known to be very small with amniocentesis.
Virtually all surrogacy contracts require amniocentesis and penalize surrogates who do not abort defective fetuses while otherwise forbidding abortion.
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, for instance, urges all expectant mothers over 35 to undergo amniocentesis to learn whether the fetus has birth defects.
When blood tests signal the possibility of spina bifida and other serious problems, doctors routinely perform amniocentesis, a test that removes amniotic fluid for analysis.
The most common procedure is amniocentesis, in which amniotic fluid is withdrawn by syringe from the uterus.
These are either amniocentesis to obtain samples of amniotic fluid or chorionic villus sampling for placental cells.
However, if she opts for amniocentesis, there is a half of 1 percent risk that the test itself will terminate the pregnancy.
While the issue has generated demands for banning amniocentesis clinics, doctors who run the lucrative businesses say it is better to abort a female fetus than to subject an unwanted child to a life of suffering.
The hope is that mothers' blood can one day be used for the detection of these other genetic abnormalities, because getting a blood sample is simpler and safer than CVS or the standard sampling method, amniocentesis.