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Circulating Placental RNA in Maternal Plasma Is Associated with a Preponderance of 5′ mRNA Fragments: Implications for Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis and Monitoring
5 Aug 2005
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BACKGROUND: The molecular characteristics of placental RNA circulating in maternal plasma are unknown. We investigated the integrity of circulating placental RNA in maternal plasma and tested the relevance of plasma RNA integrity for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis. METHODS: Six different placental transcripts and mRNA of the housekeeping gene glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) were quantified for...
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