Overview of five-years of experience performing non-invasive fetal sex assessment in maternal blood

Diagnostics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-290

  Perlado Marina, Sara ^a,b   Bustamante Aragones, Ana ^a,b   Horcajada, Laura ^a,b   Trujillo Tiebas, Maria Jose ^a,b   Lorda Sanchez, Isabel ^a,b   Ramos, Marta Ruiz ^a,b   Plaza, Javier ^a   Alba, Marta Rodriguez De ^a,b  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal DNA; Fetal sex determination; Maternal plasma; Non invasive prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SRY GENE;

EID: 84941614380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics3020283     Document Type: Article

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