Maternal plasma fetal DNA as a marker for preterm labour

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9144, 1998, Pages 1904-1905

  Leung, Tse N ^b   Zhang, Jun ^b   Lau, Tze K ^b   Hjelm, N Magnus ^b   Lo, Y M Dennis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032512311     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60395-9     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. 1 Lo YMD, Tein MSC, Lau TK, et al. Quantitative analysis of fetal DNA in maternal plasma and serum: implications for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis. Am J Hum Genet 1998; 62: 768-75.
2. 2 Lo YMD, Corbetta N, Chamberlain PF, et al. Presence of fetal DNA in maternal plasma and serum. Lancet 1997; 350: 485-87.
3. 3 Bianchi DW. Fetal DNA in maternal plasma: the plot thickens and the placental barrier thins. Am J Hum Genet 1998; 62: 763-64.
4. 4 The Canadian preterm labour investigators group. Treatment of preterm labour with the beta-adrenergic agonist ritodrine. N Engl J Med 1992; 327: 308-12.