Two hundred and sixty-one pregnant women underwent prenatal screening by cordocentesis and/or amniocentesis between 1987 and 1994. The following tests were used: (i) detection of anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgM, IgA, and IgE antibodies by immunocapture and the comparative immunological profile method bas
Prenatal diagnosis in two pregnancies of an achondroplastic woman
β Scribed by Elejalde, B. Rafael ;de Elejalde, Maria Mercedes ;Hamilton, Phillip R. ;Lombardi, Joseph M. ;Opitz, John M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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