Transcervical sampling as a means of detection of fetal cells during the first trimester of pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 752-754

  Daryani, Yousef P ^a   Barker, Graham H ^a   Penna, Leonie K ^a   Patton, Michael A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Prenatal diagnosis; Transcervical irrigation; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIAGNOSIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033830434     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.106819     Document Type: Article

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