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New study finds amniocentesis safer for pregnant women

Amniocentesis is the most commonly prescribed invasive test performed during pregnancies in the United States. Researchers at Mount School of Medicine in conjunction with other institutions in the FASTER trial report that pregnancy miscarriage rates after routine midtrimester amniocentesis are significantly lower than rates previously published years ago in the 1970s and 1980s -- 0.5 percent or 1 in 200 pregnancies. This new study reports that the amniocentesis procedure -- related loss risk is approximately 1 in 1,600 pregnancies.

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