Labor increases maternal DNA contamination in cord blood

Hideaki Masuzaki, Kiyonori Miura, Shoko Miura, Koh-ichiro Yoshiura, Christophe K Mapendano, Daisuke Nakayama, Shuichiro Yoshimura, Norio Niikawa, Tadayuki Ishimaru

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Original languageEnglish
JournalClinical Chemistry
Volume50
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)1709-11
Number of pages3
ISSN0009-9147
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DNA/blood
  • Female
  • Fetal Blood/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Labor, Obstetric/blood
  • Male
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange/physiology
  • Microsatellite Repeats/genetics
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Pregnancy

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