Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis: Implications for antenatal diagnosis and the management of high-risk pregnancies

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 55-56

  Hahn, Sinuhe ^a   Chitty, Lyn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ANEUPLOIDY; CELL MIGRATION; EDITORIAL; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ANEUPLOIDY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 39149098432     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2007.12.005     Document Type: Editorial

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