Detection of Y chromosome-specific DNA in the plasma and urine of pregnant women using nested polymerase chain reaction

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 399-402

  Al Yatama, Majda K ^a,b   Mustafa, Abu S ^a   Ali, Sadiq ^a   Abraham, Sobha ^a   Khan, Zohra ^a   Khaja, Nawal ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fetal sex; Maternal plasma; Maternal urine; PCR; Prenatal diagnosis; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION; URINALYSIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034988757     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.69     Document Type: Article

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