Extra-fetal tissue

The term extrafetal tissue or extraembryonic tissue is an expression from prenatal medicine and prenatal diagnostics during pregnancy and refers to cells that have the same origin as the fetus .

Extra-fetal tissue develops into placenta , chorion, or amnion . Extrafetales tissue is in most cases genetically identical to the growing child and can be used for diagnosis of chromosome specific features are used.

See also : chorionic villus sampling  and amniocentesis

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