title: Treatment of maternal blood samples with formaldehyde does not alter the proportion of circulatory fetal nucleic acids (DNA and mRNA) in maternal plasma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research, University Women's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Satheesh Kumar Reddy
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chinnapapagari
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Holzgreve
authors.forename: Olav
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lapaire
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Sinuhe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D002498:Centrifugation; D004247:DNA / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D005557:Formaldehyde; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000097:blood*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000097:blood*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005557:Formaldehyde; D004247:DNA