Quantification of free fetal DNA in multiple pregnancies and relationship with chorionicity

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 967-972

  Attilakos, George ^a   Maddocks, Deborah G ^b   Davies, Teresa ^c   Hunt, Linda P ^d   Avent, Neil D ^e   Soothill, Peter W ^a   Grant, Simon R ^f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal DNA; Fetal nucleic acids; Multiple pregnancies; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DNA; FREE FETAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHORIONIC PREGNANCY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA PURIFICATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FREE FETAL DNA BLOOD LEVEL; GENE DOSAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MONOCHORIONIC PREGNANCY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHORION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053320998     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2814     Document Type: Article

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