Culture of fetal cells from maternal blood for prenatal diagnosis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 523-527

  Elicha Gussin, Hélène A ^a   Elias, Sherman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Maternal circulation; Pregnancy; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; MESODERM; PREGNANCY; STEM CELL;

BLOOD CELLS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ENDOTHELIUM; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MESODERM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0036864008     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/8.6.523     Document Type: Review

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