Accurate and Robust Quantification of Circulating Fetal and Total DNA in Maternal Plasma from 5 to 41 Weeks of Gestation
Open Access
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 51 (2) , 312-320
- https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2004.042713
Abstract
Background: Detection of fetal DNA in maternal plasma is achievable at 5 weeks of gestation, but few large-scale studies have reported circulating fetal and maternal DNA across all trimesters.Keywords
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