Rapid prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidy for chromosomes 21, 18, 13, and X by quantitative fluorescence polymerase chain reaction

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-331

  Ochshorn, Yifat ^a   Bar Shira, Anat ^a   Jonish, Anat ^a   Yaron, Yuval ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Aneuploidy; Chorionic villous sampling; Quantitative fluorescence polymerase chain reaction; Short tandem repeats; Trisomy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION CELL; AMNION FLUID; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 21; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; X CHROMOSOME;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 33745020732     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092459     Document Type: Article

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