Detection of fetal messenger ribonucleic acid in maternal blood to determine fetal RHD status as a strategy for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 210-214

  Al Mufti, R ^a   Howard, C ^a   Overton, T ^a   Holzgreve, W ^a   Gaenshirt, D ^a   Fisk, N M ^a   Bennett, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Prenatal diagnosis; Rh alloimmunization; Rh blood group antigens

Indexed keywords

RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS ISOIMMUNIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031852491     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70274-1     Document Type: Article

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