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Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis in a fetus at risk for methylmalonic acidemia.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jul 2014
Gu Wei, Koh Winston, Blumenfeld Yair J, El-Sayed Yasser Y, Hudgins Louanne, Hintz Susan R, Quake Stephen R
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PURPOSE: Prenatal diagnosis of fetal Mendelian disorders can benefit from noninvasive approaches using fetal cell-free DNA in maternal plasma. Detecting metabolic disorders before birth can result in immediate treatment postpartum in order to optimize outcome. METHODS: We developed a mathematical model and an experimental methodology to analyze the case of a fetus with a 25% risk of inheriting two known mutations...
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