RhD genotyping by quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction: A new approach

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1498-1502

  Pertl, Barbara ^a,b,c   Pieber, Doris ^a,b,c   Panzitt, Thomas ^a,b,c   Haeusler, Martin C H ^a,b,c   Winter, R ^a,b,c   Tului, L ^a,b,c   Brambati, B ^a,b,c   Adinolfi, M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 0034520276     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11674.x     Document Type: Article

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