Locus-specific dual color-probe for the enumeration of chromosome 18 in rapid FISH aneuploidy testing on uncultured amniocytes

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 811-812

  Soucy, Jean François ^a   Lavoie, Josée ^a   Duncan, Alessandra M V ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMNION CELL; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME 18; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LETTER; MOLECULAR PROBE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77955110847     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2569     Document Type: Letter

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