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Non-invasive fetal sex diagnosis in plasma of early weeks pregnants using droplet digital PCR
5 Apr 2018
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fetal sex determination is useful for families at risk of X-linked disorders, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, adrenal hypoplasia, hemophilia. At first, this could be obtained through invasive procedures such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, having a 1% risk of miscarriage. Since the discovery of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in maternal plasma, noninvasive prenatal testing permits...
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