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[Fetal blood sampling through the intra-abdominal umbilical vein]
1Service de gynécologie B, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, France.
Abstract:
Fetal blood can be sampled by several procedures. Reported here is the method of abdominal umbilical vein catheterisation. The authors detail the technical aspects, advantages and inconveniences of this procedure and analyse the results in a series of 81 samplings.