Fetal rhesus D mRNA is not detectable in maternal plasma [3]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2210-2211

  Chiu, Rossa W K ^a   Chan, Carol W M ^a   Zhong, Xiao Yan ^b   Lapaire, Olav ^b   Holzgreve, Wolfgang ^b   Hahn, Sinuhe ^b   Lo, Y M Dennis ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLOOD GROUP RH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROID CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TRISOMY 21; Y CHROMOSOME;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 27444432964     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.056937     Document Type: Letter

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