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Noninvasive fetal RhD genotyping from maternal blood.
Expert review of molecular diagnostics - 1 Apr 2010
Kolialexi Aggeliki, Tounta Georgia, Mavrou Ariadni
Abstract excerpt
Rhesus (Rh) D blood group incompatibility between a pregnant woman and the fetus can occasionally cause maternal alloimmunization and hemolytic disease of the fetus and of the newborn in subsequent pregnancies. RHD genotyping of fetuses carried by RhD-negative women using fetal DNA obtained invasively through amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling is an aid to the clinical management of these cases....
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