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Fetal sex determination from maternal plasma in pregnancies at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia
1 Sept 2001
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine first-trimester fetal sex by isolating free fetal DNA from maternal plasma. METHODS: The index case was a pregnant woman who previously delivered a girl with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The SRY gene as a marker for the fetal Y chromosome was detected in maternal serum and plasma by quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. Simultaneously, we performed the same test in 25 and 19...
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