American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 4 , Pages 400.e1-400.e3 , October 2009

Pain associated with chorionic villus sampling: transabdominal vs transcervical approach

Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Diego, CA, Jan. 26-31, 2009.

  • Joseph R. Wax, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
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  • Norman P. Davies, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • William J. Watson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Angelina Cartin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
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  • Michael G. Pinette, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
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  • Renée Chard, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
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  • Molly Carpenter, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

Received 10 December 2008 ,Revised 20 May 2009 ,Accepted 29 June 2009.

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 Authorship and contribution to the article is limited to the 7 authors indicated. There was no outside funding or technical assistance with the production of this article.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Cite this article as: Wax JR, Davies NP, Watson WJ, et al. Pain associated with chorionic villus sampling: transabdominal vs transcervical approach. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:400.e1-3.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00735-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.064

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 4 , Pages 400.e1-400.e3 , October 2009

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