A minimally invasive prenatal diagnosis technique for the collection of transcervical cells

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-296

  Ruangvutilert, P ^a   Halder, A ^a   Jauniaux, E ^a   Arienzo, M ^a   Cirigliano, V ^a   Sherlock, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescent polymerase chain reaction; Prenatal diagnosis; Transcervical cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005437281     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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