Open AccessVery early prenatal diagnosis of genetic diseases based on coelomic fluid analysis: a feasibility study
Author(s) -
JeanMarie Jouannic,
JeanMarc Costa,
Pauline Ernault,
JeanLouis Bénifla
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/del143
Subject(s) - prenatal diagnosis , multiplex , cell free fetal dna , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , fetus , pregnancy , biology , polymerase chain reaction , obstetrics , medicine , gestation , dna , andrology , gene , genetics
Coelocentesis may represent the ideal technique for very early prenatal diagnosis. Although cell density in coelomic fluid (CF) is very low, the results of analyses on the cellular compartment have been proposed for prenatal diagnosis.
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