Accuracy of the haemoglobin alkaline denaturation test for detecting maternal blood contamination of fetal blood samples for prenatal karyotyping

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 927-929

  Sepulveda, Waldo ^a,b   Be, Cecilia ^a   Youlton, Ronald ^a   Gutierrez, Jorge ^b   Carstens, Eduardo ^b  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL SAN JOSÉ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cordocentesis; Fetal blood; Fetal haemoglobin; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOR; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOCENTESIS; CYTOGENETICS; DENATURATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; METAPHASE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032853817     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199910)19:10<927::AID-PD668>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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