The fetal erythroblast is not the optimal target for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis: Preliminary results

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-336

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carnoy fixation; Erythroblast; Fetal cells; Maternal blood; Reverse color FISH; Semiautomated scanning

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CARNOY FIXATION; CELL SORTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROBLAST; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAGNETIC CELL SORTING; MATERNAL BLOOD; METHODOLOGY; NONINVASIVE PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; ERYTHROBLASTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 14844284611     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.4A6396.2005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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