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First trimester fetal karyotyping using chorionic villi: technical development and diagnostic application

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Simoni, G., Rossella, F. First trimester fetal karyotyping using chorionic villi: technical development and diagnostic application. Experientia 42, 1097–1101 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01941283

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