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Detecting genomic imbalances in prenatal diagnosis: main hurdles and recent advances
21 Apr 2009
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BACKGROUND: Chromosome analysis from cells obtained by either amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling has allowed for the detection of large clinically consequential genetic imbalances throughout the genome for several decades. The newer technologies of fluorescence in situ hybridization, quantitative fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification have...
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