Increased fetal DNA concentrations in the plasma of pregnant women carrying fetuses with trisomy 21

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1747-1751

  Lo, Y M Dennis ^a   Lau, Tze K ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Leung, Tse N ^a   Chang, Allan M Z ^a   Hjelm, N Magnus ^a   Elmes, R Sarah ^b   Bianchi, Diana W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA CONTENT; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL PLASMA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0032855554     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.10.1747     Document Type: Article

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