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Morphology and Mechanisms of Abortion

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Chorion villous sampling in the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with a low (7%) rate of losses [1, 2], probably not different from that occurring spontaneously in the general population after 9 weeks of gestation. That such an invasive procedure has so few consequences is surprising (see Chaps. 23, 25), but quite in keeping with the old concept that normal pregnancies are securely tight up to term.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Three Cooper Plaza, 08103, Camden, NJ, USA

    E. R. Barnea MD, FACOG

  2. Histopathologic Institute, Institut de Morphologie Pathologique Loverval (I.M.P.L.), Allée des Templiers 41, 6280, Gerpinnes (Loverval), Belgium

    J. Hustin MD, PhD

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Erasme, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    E. Jauniaux MD

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Hustin, J., Jauniaux, E. (1992). Morphology and Mechanisms of Abortion. In: Barnea, E.R., Hustin, J., Jauniaux, E. (eds) The First Twelve Weeks of Gestation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84385-3_16

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