Tarca, Adi L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1712-7588
Romero, Roberto
Pique-Regi, Roger
Pacora, Percy
Done, Bogdan
Kacerovsky, Marian
Bhatti, Gaurav
Jaiman, Sunil
Hassan, Sonia S.
Hsu, Chaur-Dong
Gomez-Lopez, Nardhy
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HHSN275201300006C)
Article History
Received: 13 August 2019
Accepted: 29 January 2020
First Online: 12 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients provided written informed consent, prior to transabdominal amniocentesis and sample collection, for the use of biological specimens as well as clinical and ultrasound data for research purposes. The study protocols were approved by the Institutional Review Boards of Wayne State University and the <i>Eunice Kennedy Shriver</i> National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
: All authors meet the criteria of authorship and have approved the final version of the manuscript.
: The authors report no conflicts of interest. Dr. Romero has contributed to this work as part of his official duties as an employee of the United States Federal Government.