Non-invasive RNA-based determination of fetal Rhesus D type: A prospective study based on 96 pregnancies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1023-1028

  Cunningham, Joan ^a   Yates, Zoë ^c   Hamlington, Jeanette ^b   Mason, Gerald ^c   Mueller, Robert ^c   Miller, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROBLAST; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032882251     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08108.x     Document Type: Article

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