Improvement of fetal cell recovery from maternal blood: Suitable density gradient for FACS separation

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-233

  Sekizawa, Akihiko ^a   Farina, Antonio ^a   Zhen, Dong Kai ^a   Wang, Ji Yi ^a   Falco, Vincent M ^a   Elmes, Sarah ^a   Bianchi, Diana W ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Density gradient method; Fetal cells in maternal blood; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Fluorescence activated cell sorting; Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CELL SELECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATERNAL BLOOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032794269     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020927     Document Type: Article

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