Cell-free DNA in maternal plasma and serum: A comparison of quantity, quality and tissue origin using genomic and epigenomic approaches

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 1379-1386

  Wong, Felix C K ^a,b   Sun, Kun ^a,b   Jiang, Peiyong ^a,b   Cheng, Yvonne K Y ^b   Chan, K C Allen ^a,b   Leung, Tak Y ^b   Chiu, Rossa W K ^a,b   Lo, Yuk Ming Dennis ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Digital PCR; Epigenetics; Massively parallel sequencing; Noninvasive prenatal testing; Plasma cell free DNA; Pregnancy; Serum cell free DNA

Indexed keywords

CELL FREE DNA; DNA; GENOMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MATERNAL SERUM; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BLOOD; CELL FREE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; PREGNANCY;

CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 84994715747     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2016.09.009     Document Type: Article

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