Accuracy of fetal gender detection using a conventional nested PCR assay of maternal plasma in daily practice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 501-504

  Tungwiwat, Warunee ^a   Fucharoen, Supan ^a   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Ratanasiri, Thawalwong ^b   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

ATL1 gene; Fetal DNA; Fetal sex prediction; Maternal plasma; Multiplex PCR; Y chromosome specific sequence

Indexed keywords

ATL1 ENZYME; DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 54349099039     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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