New prenatal genetic screening test has lower false positive rate

Dr. Barry Dworkin

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 24, 2013

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Prenatal blood test could revolutionize birth defect screening

Reference:

M. M. Gil, M. S. Quezada, B. Bregant, M. Ferraro, K. H. Nicolaides. Implementation of maternal blood cell-free DNA testing in early screening for aneuploidies.Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2013; DOI:10.1002/uog.12504

K. H. Nicolaides, D. Wright, L. C. Poon, A. Syngelaki, M. Gil.First-trimester contingent screening for trisomy 21 by biomarkers and maternal blood cell-free DNA testing.Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2013; DOI:10.1002/uog.12511

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