Dictionary of Environmental Health
A medical diagnostic procedure for detecting genetic abnormalities in the foetus. The procedure involves the removal via a hollow needle of AMNIOTIC FLUID from the uterus of the pregnant female and the subsequent examination for chromosomal or genetic abnormality of extracted cells concentrated by CENTRIFUGE.
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