Reproductive Science

Studies from University of Leuven yield new data on reproductive science

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, April 2nd, 2009

"A study was conducted to test the feasibility of cordocenteses and amniocenteses at different gestational ages in pregnant baboons. Design Experiments were performed in 10 pregnant baboons at a median gestational age of 131 (range 92-169) days," researchers in Louvain, Belgium report.

"At different time intervals, percutaneous samplings of amniotic fluid and fetal blood were performed under ultrasound guidance. Simultaneously, maternal blood samples were drawn. With a median fetal weight of 431 g (range 111-690 g), 29 of 30 cordocenteses (96.6%) and all 30 amniocenteses and maternal sample as (100%) were successful hi obtaining the required quantities for analysis....

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2009-04-02)

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