Sonogenetics: A breakthrough in prenatal diagnosis

Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-77

  Pooh, Ritsuko K ^a   Choy, Kwong Wai ^b   Yeung, Leung Tak ^b   Lau, Tze Kin ^b  

^a Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine (CRIFM)   (Japan)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fetal DNA chip; Microarray; Prenatal diagnosis; Sonogenetics; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELIC IMBALANCE; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHORION VILLUS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME G BAND; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA MICROARRAY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; NUMERICAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SONOGENETICS; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

EID: 80055043458     PISSN: 0973614X     EISSN: 09751912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1180     Document Type: Article

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