Circulating fetal DNA in maternal plasma is increased in pregnancies at high altitude and is further enhanced by preeclampsia

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2403-2405

  Zhong, Xiao Yan ^a   Wang, Yiming ^b   Chen, Suqin ^b   Labu, ^c   Pubuzhuoma, ^c   Gesangzhuogab, ^c   Ouzhuwangmu, ^d   Pan, Xiaoying ^e   Zhu, Ninghu ^e   Hahn, Cornelia ^a   Huppertz, Berthold ^f   Holzgreve, Wolfgang ^a   Hahn, Sinuhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Second People's Hospital of Tibet   (China)

^d Lhasa Maternal Child Health Hospital   (China)

^e Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Guangdong Province   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHINA; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FETUS BLOOD; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RNA ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; DNA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TIBET;

EID: 9244249858     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.041806     Document Type: Article

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