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Maternal Plasma DNA and RNA Sequencing for Prenatal Testing.
Advances in clinical chemistry - 1 Jan 2016
Tamminga Saskia, van Maarle Merel, Henneman Lidewij, Oudejans Cees B M, Cornel Martina C, Sistermans Erik A
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Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing has recently become indispensable in diagnostic testing and screening. In the prenatal setting, this type of testing is often called noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). With a number of techniques, using either next-generation sequencing or single nucleotide polymorphism-based approaches, fetal cfDNA in maternal plasma can be analyzed to screen for rhesus D genotype, common...
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