Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0146 |
| Title: | Children whose mothers had second trimester amniocentesis: follow up at school age |
| Author(s): | Finegan JAK, Sitarenios G, et al. |
| Reference: | Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1996; 103: 214-18 |
| Place of Study: | Toronto, Canada |
| Abstract: | Children exposed to second trimester amniocentesis have been followed prospectively from birth to age 7 and compared with children whose mothers declined the test. There were 86 cases and 44 controls. The main outcome measures were standardised test of IQ, academic achievement, speech articulation, visual-perceptual-motor ability, motor co-ordination, social competence, behaviour, and physical growth. The conclusion of the authors is that second trimester amniocentesis does not appear to compromise child development, behaviour, growth and health. |
| Keyword(s): | amniocentesis, intellectual development, IQ, psychomotor development |
| Discussion: | See entry 0143 (follow up at age 4). See also entry 0140 ( the largest study of the long-term effects of amniocentesis). |
| See Also: | 0143, 0140 |
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