Stability of first- and second-trimester serum markers after storage and shipment

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-21

  Lambert Messerlian, Geralyn M ^a,c   Eklund, Elizabeth E ^a   Malone, Fergal D ^b,d   Palomaki, Glenn E ^a   Canick, Jacob A ^a   D'Alton, Mary E ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Marker; Screening; Serum; Shipment; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRIOL; INHIBIN A; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SHIP; ULTRASOUND;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 31944431785     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1326     Document Type: Article

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