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Circulating trophoblast in maternal blood
Author(s) -
Oudejans Cees B. M.,
Tjoa May Lee,
Westerman Bart A.,
Mulders Monique A. M.,
Van Wijk Inge J.,
Van Vugt John M. G.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.539
Subject(s) - trophoblast , isolation (microbiology) , identification (biology) , perspective (graphical) , pregnancy , medicine , obstetrics , biology , immunology , fetus , placenta , bioinformatics , genetics , computer science , botany , artificial intelligence
This review describes the status of circulating trophoblast, but is considered in the perspective that only a specific subset of trophoblast cells circulates in the maternal blood. The consequences for isolation, identification and clinical potential are described. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.