The Clinical Indications and Cytogenetic Analysis of Genetic Amniocentesis Cases

authors:

avatar Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei ORCID 1 , * , avatar Zahra Metanat 2

Pregnancy Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
Provincial Clinical Genetic Counseling Center, Ali-Asgahr Pediatric Hospital, Zahedan, Iran
Gene, Cell and Tissue: Vol.6, issue 3; e89849
published online: July 24, 2019
article type: Letter
received: January 24, 2019
revised: March 5, 2019
accepted: July 14, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/gct.89849

how to cite: Tabatabaei S M , Metanat Z . The Clinical Indications and Cytogenetic Analysis of Genetic Amniocentesis Cases. Gene Cell Tissue. 2019;6(3):e89849. https://doi.org/10.5812/gct.89849.

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