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Implementation of whole genome massively parallel sequencing for noninvasive prenatal testing in laboratories.
Expert review of molecular diagnostics - 1 Jan 2015
Thung Djie Tjwan, Beulen Lean, Hehir-Kwa Jayne, Faas Brigitte H
Abstract excerpt
Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for fetal aneuploidies using cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma has revolutionized the field of prenatal care and methods using massively parallel sequencing are now being implemented almost worldwide. Substantial progress has been made from initially testing for (an)euploidies of chromosomes 13, 18 and 21, to testing for sex chromosome (an)euploidies, additional autosomal...
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