Serial analysis of fetal DNA concentrations in maternal plasma in late pregnancy

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 678-680

  Chan, Lisa Y S ^a   Leung, Tse N ^a   Chan, K C Allen ^a   Tai, Hok Leung ^a   Lau, Tze K ^a   Wong, Eric M C ^a   Lo, Y M Dennis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SRY GENE; TECHNIQUE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

DNA; FEMALE; FETUS; GLOBINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 0037379956     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.4.678     Document Type: Article

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