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12. Chromosomal abnormalities detected by prenatal diagnosis by chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis, NSW 1998-2000

Lee Taylor, Barbara Bajuk and Michael Giffin

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin Supplementary Series 13(4) 113 - 121
Published: 2002

Abstract

About 250 pregnancies are affected by chromosomal abnormalities each year in NSW (See Chapter 9). Over 7,000 chromosomal tests for prenatal diagnosis of congenital abnormalities by amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling (CVS) were carried out in NSW in 2000, having increased from 3,869 in 1990. Amniocentesis is the most common test used in NSW for prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities, and is used twice as frequently as CVS.

https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02S48

© NSW Department of Health 2002

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