title: Circulating fetal DNA in maternal plasma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The existence of high concentrations of circulating fetal DNA in maternal plasma may enable non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. There are many applications of fetal DNA in maternal plasma for clinical diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We expect fetal DNA in material plasma will be incorporated into past of the prenatal investigation of pregnant women in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Room 38023, 1/F Clinical Sciences Building, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street Shatin, New Territories, SAR, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004247:DNA