Rapid and simple prenatal DNA diagnosis of Down's syndrome

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9121, 1998, Pages 9-12

  Verma, L ^a   Macdonald, F ^a   Leedham, P ^a   McConachie, M ^a   Dhanjal, S ^a   Hulten M ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TIME; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0032482683     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11090-X     Document Type: Article

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