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Non-invasive prenatal detection of achondroplasia in size-fractionated cell-free DNA by MALDI-TOF MS assay.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Jan 2007
Li Ying, Page-Christiaens Godelieve C M L, Gille Johan J P, Holzgreve Wolfgang, Hahn Sinuhe
Abstract excerpt
Achondroplasia is the most common form of short-limbed dwarfism in humans and is caused by mutations in the FGFR3 gene. Currently, prenatal diagnosis of this disorder relies on invasive procedures. Recent studies have shown that fetal single gene point mutations could be detected in cell-free DNA...
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