Presence of cell-free fetal DNA in plasma of women with ectopic pregnancies

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1599-1601

  Lázár, Levente ^a   Nagy, Bálint ^a   Bán, Zoltán ^a   Nagy, Gyula R ^a   Papp, Zoltán ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FETUS DNA; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SRY GENE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33746613607     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.067587     Document Type: Article

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