Prenatal diagnosis by minimally invasive first-trimester transcervical sampling is unreliable

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 382-387

  Overton, T G ^a   Lighten, A D ^a   Fisk, N M ^a   Bennett, P R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fetal cells; fluorescence in situ hybridization; polymerase chain reaction; prenatal diagnosis; transcervical

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0029820126     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)70150-3     Document Type: Article

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