Detection of male and female fetal DNA in maternal plasma by multiplex fluorescent polymerase chain reaction amplification of short tandem repeats

Human Genetics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-49

  Pertl, Barbara ^a,c   Sekizawa, Akihiko ^a   Samura, Osamu ^a   Orescovic, Irmgard ^c   Rahaim, Peter T ^b   Bianchi, Diana W ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; DNA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0034016272     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390051008     Document Type: Article

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