Risk free simultaneous prenatal identification of fetal Rhesus D status and sex by multiplex real-time PCR using cell free fetal DNA in maternal plasma

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 131, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 70-74

  Xiao Yan Zhong, ^a   Holzgreve, W ^a   Hahn, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fetal DNA; Maternal plasma; Rhesus incompatibility; X linked non invasive prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DNA; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSFUSION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035107577     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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