Accuracy of prenatal determination of RhD type status by polymerase chain reaction with amniotic cells

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1182-1185

  Lighten, Antony D ^a   Overton, Timothy G ^a   Sepulveda, Waldo ^a   Warwick, Ruth M ^a   Fisk, Nicholas M ^a   Bennett, Phillip R ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amniocentesis; polymerase chain reaction; Rh disease

Indexed keywords

DNA; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HYDROPS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEROLOGY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; DNA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028784313     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(95)91349-1     Document Type: Article

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