A simple and effective approach for detecting maternal cell contamination in molecular prenatal diagnosis

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 425-429

  Antoniadi, T ^a,d   Yapijakis, C ^a   Kaminopetros, P ^b   Makatsoris, C ^b,c   Velissariou, V ^a   Vassilopoulos, D ^a   Petersen, M B ^a  

^a Gastroenterology Department   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c University of Sussex ^*  (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal contamination; Polymorphic loci; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACHONDROPLASIA; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTAMINATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FETUS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0036116834     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.325     Document Type: Article

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