Probing the fetal genome: Progress in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 339-343

  Uitto, Jouni ^a   Pfendner, Ellen ^a   Jackson, Laird G ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; FETUS WASTAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0042427279     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(03)00137-0     Document Type: Article

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