Rapid prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidies in uncultured amniocytes by fluorescence in situ hybridization: Evaluation of > 3,000 cases

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Eiben, Bernd ^b   Trawicki, Witold ^c   Hammans, Wilhelm ^c   Goebel, Richard ^c   Pruggmayer, Michael ^a   Epplen, Jörg T ^c  

^a Praxis fur Pranatale Diagn   (Germany)

^b Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Chromosomes; Cytogenetics; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; In situ hybridisation; Karyotyping; Prenatal diagnosis; Trisomy

Indexed keywords

AMNION CELL; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA PROBE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032774179     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020919     Document Type: Article

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