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Analysis of HLA-DRB1*-A* and -B* alleles in prenatal diagnosis for determination of maternal contamination in fetal DNA.
Molecular human reproduction - 1 Jun 2002
Pietrapertosa A, Campanale D, Palma A, Renni R, D'Addario V, Tannoia N, Vitucci A
Abstract excerpt
During chorionic villi sampling for prenatal diagnosis with molecular biology techniques, contamination by maternal decidua frequently occurs and can lead to misinterpretation of the test results. To avoid such problems, we present a new method for appraising maternal contamination of fetal DNA, based on genomic typing of the highly variable human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus-DRB1*, locus A* and locus B* regions...
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