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Assessment of multiplex fluorescent PCR for screening single cells for trisomy 21 and single gene defects.
Molecular human reproduction - 1 Dec 1999
Blake D, Tan S L, Ao A
Abstract excerpt
A great majority of patients seeking preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) are women >35 years of age. In addition to being carriers for single gene defects, these women also have a higher risk of having children with Down's syndrome (trisomy 21). For these patients, it would be advantageous if a diagnostic test for trisomy 21 was developed, which could be used in conjunction with tests for single gene defects....
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