Maternal cell contamination in uncultured amniotic fluid

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-54

  Winsor, Elizabeth J T ^a,c   Silver, Mary Pat ^b   Theve, Robert ^b   Wright, Mary ^b   Ward, Brian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Integrated Genetics   (United States)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization); MCC (maternal cell contamination); Uncultured amniotic fluid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CELL; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATERNAL BLOOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANEUPLOIDY; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030048852     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199601)16:1<49::AID-PD808>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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