Can nucleated erythrocytes found in maternal venous blood be used in the noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal chromosome abnormalities?

Nucleated erythrocytes found in the venous blood of pregnant women have been seen as the most promising type of cell for prenatal diagnosis of fetal abnormalities because of their short life span and their scarcity in the venous blood of healthy nonpregnant women. However, this review demonstrates t...

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Published inEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 264 - 270
Main Authors Slunga-Tallberg, A, Knuutila, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 1995
Subjects
Cell Nucleus
Chromosome Aberrations - diagnosis
Chromosome Aberrations - embryology
Chromosome Disorders
Erythrocytes - ultrastructure
Female
Humans
Pregnancy - blood
Prenatal Diagnosis
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Summary:Nucleated erythrocytes found in the venous blood of pregnant women have been seen as the most promising type of cell for prenatal diagnosis of fetal abnormalities because of their short life span and their scarcity in the venous blood of healthy nonpregnant women. However, this review demonstrates that a great proportion of the nucleated erythrocytes found in venous blood during pregnancy are of maternal origin and that pregnancy per se induces nucleated erythrocytes of maternal origin to appear in the peripheral blood. More efficient and specific enrichment techniques are therefore needed to obtain purified nucleated erythrocytes of fetal origin in such quantities that reliable prenatal diagnoses can be performed.
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ISSN:1018-4813
1476-5438
DOI:10.1159/000472307