Fetal erythroblasts in maternal blood in relation to gestational age

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 392-397

  Al Mufti, R ^a   Hambley, H ^a   Farzaneh, F ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal erythroblasts in maternal blood; Feto maternal cell trafficking; Gestational age

Indexed keywords

CD71 ANTIBODY; CD71 ANTIGEN; EPSILON GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; GLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TRANSPORT; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ERYTHROBLAST; FEMALE; FETAL ERYTHROBLAST; FETOMATERNAL CELL TRANSPORT; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLEIHAUER GIEMSA STAIN; MAGNETIC CELL SORTING; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHROBLASTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0346880093     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050412331312240     Document Type: Article

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