Sensitivity and specificity of the identification of fetal cells in maternal blood by combined staining with antibodies against beta-, gamma-and epsilon-globin chains

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 479-484

  Christensen, Britta ^a   Philip, John ^a   Lykke Hansen, Lene ^a   Kølvraa, Steen ^b,c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Globin; Globin; Globin; Fetal cells in maternal blood; Fetal nucleated red blood cells; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPSILON GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN EPSILON CHAIN ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0142165884     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073147     Document Type: Article

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