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chorionic villus sampling |
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chorionic villus sampling n (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) a method of diagnosing genetic disorders early in pregnancy by the removal by catheter through the cervix or abdomen of a tiny sample of tissue from the chorionic villi Abbreviation CVS
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Those screenings are amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling. Currently, maternal-fetal specialists rely on invasive procedures, such as amniocentesis, in which a small amount of amniotic fluid is extracted, and chorionic villus sampling, which removes a small piece of placental tissue. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling allow researchers to obtain |
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