Clinical potential for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis through detection of fetal cells in maternal blood

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-20

  Purwosunu, Yuditiya ^a   Sekizawa, Akihiko ^a,b   Koide, Keiko ^a   Okazaki, Shiho ^a   Farina, Antonio ^b   Okai, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal cells; Maternal blood; Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis; Nucleated erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; GALACTOSE; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA ANTIBODY; LECTIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 33645745577     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60184-4     Document Type: Review

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