Quantification of circulatory fetal DNA in the plasma of pregnant women

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 444, Issue , 2008, Pages 219-229

  Zimmermann, Bernhard G ^a,b   Maddocks, Deborah G ^a   Avent, Neil D ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute quantification; Circulatory free fetal DNA in plasma; DNA analysis; DYS14; Limit of quantification (LOQ); Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis; Real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934441427     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-66-9_17     Document Type: Article

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