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Editorial
. 2018 Apr;218(4):371-378.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.01.027.

A Profile of Dennis Lo, DM, DPhil, FRCP, FRCPath, FRS

Roberto Romero  1
Affiliations
Editorial

A Profile of Dennis Lo, DM, DPhil, FRCP, FRCPath, FRS

Roberto Romero. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Apr.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The author reports no conflict of interest.

Figures

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The discovery of cell-free fetal DNA in the maternal circulation Lancet. 1997 Aug 16;350:485–487. Reproduced with permission.
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Preeclampsia is associated with increased concentrations of circulating cell-free fetal DNA Clin Chem. 1999 Feb; 45:184–188. Reproduced with permission.
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Cell-free fetal DNA concentrations are increased in the maternal circulation in spontaneous preterm labor Lancet. 1998 Dec 12;352(9144):1904–5. Erratum in: Lancet 1999 Aug 28;354(9180):780. Reproduced with permission.
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Maternal-Fetal Cell Trafficking Conference at the Perinatology Research Branch, Detroit, MI, in July 2000 Photo courtesy of Dr. Roberto Romero.
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Dr Dennis Lo and Dr Diana Bianchi in Hong Kong Dr Diana Bianchi, Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Editor-in-Chief of Prenatal Diagnosis, with Dr. Dennis Lo at the International Commercial Centre, the tallest building in Hong Kong. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dennis Lo.
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A classic Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Dec 23; 105:20458–20463. Reproduced with permission.
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A fetal genome in the maternal circulation Cover article: Lo YM, Chan KC, Sun H, Chen EZ, Jiang P, Lun FM, Zheng YW, Leung TY, Lau TK, Cantor CR, Chiu RW. Maternal plasma DNA sequencing reveals the genome-wide genetic and mutational profile of the fetus. Sci Transl Med. 2010 Dec 8; 2(61):61ra91. Reproduced with permission.
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Dr Kenneth Fleming and Dr Dennis Lo Photograph: http://clinchem.aaccjnls.org/content/61/1/32. Clinical Chemistry. 2015; 61(1):32–37. Reproduced with permission.
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King Salman, then Crown Prince, of Saudi Arabia and Dr Dennis Lo in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 14, 2014 Dr Dennis Lo receives the King Faisal International Prize for Medicine for his work in the noninvasive diagnosis of fetal diseases. Photograph: https://kfip.org/professor-yuk-ming-dennis-lo/.
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Dr Dennis Lo and his colleagues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Photograph: https://www.asianscientist.com/2016/05/features/asias-scientific-trailblazers-dennis-lo-cuhk-nipt-noninvasive-prenatal-testing/ Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Dennis Lo.
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Dr. Dennis Lo
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References

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