Rapid, high throughput prenatal detection of aneuploidy using a novel quantitative method (MLPA)

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 907-912

  Slater, H R ^a   Bruno, D L ^a   Ren, H ^a   Pertile, M ^a   Schouten, J P ^b   Choo, K H A ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MRC HOLLAND   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR PROBE; MONOSOMY X; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18;

EID: 1642544630     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.12.907     Document Type: Article

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