High levels of maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin in Down syndrome pregnancies: The possible role of a transcription factor on chromosome 21

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 106-111

  Goshen, Ran ^a,b   Gonik, Bernard ^c   Ariel, Ilana ^d   Weiss, Yael ^e   De Groot, Nathan ^a   Hochberg, Abraham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chromosome 21; Down syndrome; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Prenatal screening; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 21; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLACENTA; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032966157     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020899     Document Type: Article

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