Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Using Cell Free DNA in Maternal Plasma: Recent Developments and Future Prospects

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Using Cell Free DNA in Maternal Plasma: Recent Developments and Future Prospects

Recent advances in molecular genetic technologies have facilitated non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) through the analysis of cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma. NIPT can be used to identify monogenic disorders including the identification of autosomal recessive disorders where the maternally...

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Main Author: Peter Benn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
prenatal screening
prenatal diagnosis
non-invasive prenatal testing
cell-free DNA
aneuploidy
monogenic disorders
sequencing
Down syndrome
sex chromosome abnormalities
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/3/2/537

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