Intact fetal cells in maternal plasma: Are they really there?

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9352, 2003, Pages 139-140

  Bischoff, Farideh Z ^a   Hahn, Sinuhe ^g   Johnson, Kirby L ^b   Simpson, Joe Leigh ^a   Bianchi, Diana W ^b   Lewis, Dorothy E ^a   Weber, William D ^c   Klinger, Katherine ^c   Elias, Sherman ^d   Jackson, Laird G ^e   Evans, Mark I ^e   Holzgreve, Wolfgang ^g   De la Cruz, Felix ^f  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Genzyme Genetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MATERNAL PLASMA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037431770     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12191-5     Document Type: Article

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