Prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 21 through detection of trophoblasts in cervical smears

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 311-313

  Sifakis, Stavros ^a   Ghatpande, Satish ^b   Seppo, Antti ^b   Kilpatrick, Michael W ^b   Tafas, Triantaphyllos ^b   Tsipouras, Petros ^b   Fejgin, Moshe ^c,d,e   Amiel, Aliza ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Ikonisys Inc   (United States)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Monaliza Medical   (Israel)

^f BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical smear; FISH; Non invasive prenatal diagnosis; Trisomy 21; Trophoblasts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRISOMY 21; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; VAGINA SMEAR;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TROPHOBLASTS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 77954032491     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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