title: [The use of the "APT test" in estimating fetal hemoglobin in genetic cordocentesis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether it is fetal blood and not with mother blood in question.
  
  
  METHODS
  We discuss the "Apt test" results which examines the fetal hemoglobin in blood samples obtained by genetic cordocentesis. This material was used to elaborate the fetal cariotypes.
  
  
  METHODS
  106 samples of blood samples obtained by genetic cordocentesis were examined. Examination of each cordocentesis blood sample intended for genetic tests by means of a test estimating fetal hemoglobin (HbF). In each case the estimation was independently done by means of the Kleihauer-Betke method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The obtained results have evidenced the full usefulness of the "APT test" in genetic cordocentesis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ATP test allows to estimate the HbF in the analysed sample of fetal blood in a course of few seconds.
authors.forename: Grzegorz A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Nowicki
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ałaszewski
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kudra
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szaflik
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Potrzebowska
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piotrowicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017218:Cordocentesis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin