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Circulating trophoblast in maternal blood |
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| Authors: | Cees B M Oudejans May Lee Tjoa Bart A Westerman Monique A M Mulders Inge J Van Wijk John M G Van Vugt |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Clinical Chemistry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Department of Obstetrics/Gynaecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | trophoblast maternal blood prenatal diagnosis preeclampsia HLA-G Down syndrome |