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Fetal DNA in maternal plasma as a screening variable for preeclampsia. A preliminary nonparametric analysis of detection rate in low‐risk nonsymptomatic patients
21 Jan 2004
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OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to examine whether plasma fetal DNA can be used as a screening variable in those women who developed preeclampsia but without any clinical symptom at the time of blood draw. METHODS: Fetal DNA was extracted from 1.5-mL plasma samples, and the DYS14 gene was analyzed by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Plasma collected and frozen from six women were each paired with...
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