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Re: AMNIOCENTHESIS

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 19:08:58 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 23 Jan 2000, BRUNO wrote: >
>My wife and I have been wondering about amniocenthesis, after we
>realized we are expecting a new child. Is this a procedure indicated
>only when you have good medical reasons to suspect your baby may have
>congenital defects, basically for taking abortion-related decisions? or
>is it nowadays safe enough to be requested as a "normal" procedure for
>knowing what the probabilities may be for the baby to harbor any
>genetically-detectable disease?
>
>On the other hand, we will like to know what are the illnesses which can
>be already detected through this medical procedure?
>
>We want to thank you in advance for your help.
>
>Bruno and Reina Hammerschlag

The miscarriage rate is approximately 1 in 300 so this procedure, although accepted as safe, has some concerns if you are the 1 in 300. There are several hunderd diseases that can be diagnosed by amnio, many only if you know tho look for them specifically. Why? Because you need a certaiin amopunt of fluid to get enough cells to check. YOu can't possibly check for everything, yet.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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