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Tracking fetal development through molecular analysis of maternal biofluids.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Dec 2012
Edlow Andrea G, Bianchi Diana W
Abstract excerpt
Current monitoring of fetal development includes fetal ultrasonography, chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis for chromosome analysis, and maternal serum biochemical screening for analytes associated with aneuploidy and open neural tube defects. Over the last 15 years, significant advances in noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) via cell-free fetal (cff) nucleic acids in maternal plasma have resulted in the...
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