Spring 2008

ARTICLES

Dr. Goldberg is quoted in "Amniocentesis is less risky than in the past", The Boston Globe, April 2008

"For years, the widely accepted odds that an amnio would cause a miscarriage were 1 in 200. But now, though the exact odds remains unclear, the consensus is shifting toward a lower risk - perhaps much lower, thanks to improved techniques...The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or ACOG, put in its latest practice bulletin for amnio providers that the risk was "as low as 1 in 300 to 1 in 500 and perhaps lower," said Dr. James Goldberg, a San Francisco obstetrician who was involved in formulating the bulletin."

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