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Development and implementation of a new rapid aneuploidy diagnostic service within the UK National Health Service and implications for the future of prenatal diagnosis.
Lancet (London, England) - 29 Sept 2001
Mann K, Fox S P, Abbs S J, Yau S C, Scriven P N, Docherty Z, Ogilvie C M
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BACKGROUND: Prenatal diagnosis for chromosome abnormality is routinely undertaken by full karyotype analysis of chromosomes from cultured cells; pregnant women must wait on average 13-14 days for their results. Autosomal trisomies, which account for around 80% of significant abnormalities, can be detected by quantitative fluorescence (QF) PCR. We report on the development and implementation of this technique as...
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