Cell-free fetal DNA sex determination identified a maternal SRY gene with a known X chromosome deletion

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 612-613

  Searle, C J ^a,b   Smith, K ^a   Daniels, G ^c   Maher, E J ^d   Quarrell, O ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FREE FETAL DNA; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SRY GENE; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84878153039     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4078     Document Type: Letter

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