Fetal Gender and Several Cytokines Are Associated with the Number of Fetal Cells in Maternal Blood – An Observational Study
Screening for fetal chromosome aneuploidies in high risk pregnancies has for decades been offered in many countries. Until now the sampling of fetal material for this purpose has been done by invasive procedures such as chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis, which carry a 0.5–2% risk of unintended termina- tion of the pregnancy [1]. Due to …
