Recent advances in the analysis of fetal nucleic acids in maternal plasma

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 462-468

  Tsui, Nancy Bo Yin ^a   Lo, Yuk Ming Dennis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

circulating fetal DNA; digital PCR; massively parallel sequencing; noninvasive prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ANEUPLOIDY; BETA THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

DNA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84868197344     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e328358e17a     Document Type: Review

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