Abstract
During a 12 month period, tissue was collected from 30 surgically managed patients presenting with vital ectopic pregnancies. Chorionic villi of the removed tissue were successfully karyotyped by (semi-) direct chromosome technique in 22 cases. Only one abnormal chromosomal complement, a triploidy (69,XXX) was found. As controls, 10 cases of intrauterine pregnancies were investigated, all showing a normal karyotype. These findings do not suggest an important role for chromosome abnormalities in the aetiology of vital ectopic pregnancies
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2769-2771 |
| Journal | Human reproduction (Oxford, England) |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 |