Fetal cells in maternal blood of pregnancies with severe fetal growth restriction

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 218-221

  Al Mufti, Raghad ^a,b   Lees, Christoph ^a   Albaiges, Gerard ^a   Hambley, Henry ^b   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Fetal cells in maternal blood; Fetal growth restriction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD71 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROBLAST; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL BLOOD; PARITY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033974124     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.1.218     Document Type: Article

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