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Data collected within the framework of this study relate to the following: sampling method, referral reason versus abnormality and incidence of procedure-related pregnancy loss, that declined to about 0.5% over the last 15 years. The year 2000 represented a change in referral reasons for chorionic tissue collection, shifting from almost exclusively for cytogenetic testing to an increasing number of molecular tests for monogenic disorders. Herein, success rates as well as cytogenetic and\/or molecular DNA results are presented. These latter include not only tests for several monogenic disorders, but also aneuploidy and maternal cell contamination screening. This retrospective analysis reiterates that CVS is a safe and reliable first trimester technique for prenatal diagnosis in high genetic risk pregnancies.     <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm3030838","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,24]],"date-time":"2014-07-24T11:00:50Z","timestamp":1406199650000},"page":"838-848","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["A 26-Year Experience in Chorionic Villus Sampling Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"3","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6507-222X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paula","family":"Jorge","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Medical Genetics Doutor Jacinto Magalh\u00e3es, Oporto Hospital Center, C.H.P.,  EPE, Pra\u00e7a Pedro Nunes, 88, 4099-028 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, UMIB, ICBAS-UP, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Mota-Freitas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Medical Genetics Doutor Jacinto Magalh\u00e3es, Oporto Hospital Center, C.H.P.,  EPE, Pra\u00e7a Pedro Nunes, 88, 4099-028 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, UMIB, ICBAS-UP, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8594-6377","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ros\u00e1rio","family":"Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Medical Genetics Doutor Jacinto Magalh\u00e3es, Oporto Hospital Center, C.H.P.,  EPE, Pra\u00e7a Pedro Nunes, 88, 4099-028 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, UMIB, ICBAS-UP, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Medical Genetics Doutor Jacinto Magalh\u00e3es, Oporto Hospital Center, C.H.P.,  EPE, Pra\u00e7a Pedro Nunes, 88, 4099-028 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Gabriela","family":"Soares","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Medical Genetics Doutor Jacinto Magalh\u00e3es, Oporto Hospital Center, C.H.P.,  EPE, Pra\u00e7a Pedro Nunes, 88, 4099-028 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Fortuna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center of Medical Genetics Doutor Jacinto Magalh\u00e3es, Oporto Hospital Center, C.H.P.,  EPE, Pra\u00e7a Pedro Nunes, 88, 4099-028 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, UMIB, ICBAS-UP, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(1987\u20131999). 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