Evidence for blood chimerism in dizygotic spontaneous twin pregnancy discordant for Down syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 782-784

  Shalev, S A ^a   Shalev, E ^a   Pras, E ^b   Shneor, Y ^a   Gazit, E ^c   Yaron, Y ^d   Loewenthal, R ^c  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chimerism; Discordant twins; Dizygotic twins; Spontaneous pregnancy; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL LINE; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA EXTRACTION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL AGE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 21; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; AMNION; CHIMERA; CHORION; DISEASES IN TWINS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 33749501457     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1503     Document Type: Article

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