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Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 2014
Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) refers to recently developed genetic tests of the maternal serum that allow higher detection rates of trisomy 21 and other chromosomal aneuploidies in high-risk pregnancies. Noninvasive prenatal test analyzes cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the maternal serum.
Jamie O, Lo   +3 more
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Prenatal genetic testing 2: diagnostic tests

Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2022
Purpose of review Prenatal genetic testing can be divided into two categories: screening and diagnosis. Prenatal genetic screening tests are used to assess carrier status or as a fetal risk assessment for a particular genetic disorder [1].
Morgan, Jenkins   +2 more
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Prenatal genetic testing 1: screening tests

Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2022
Purpose of review Prenatal genetic testing can be divided into two categories: screening and diagnostic. This article will focus on reviewing prenatal genetic screening tests. Recent findings Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a new prenatal genetic screening test with a high degree of ...
Morgan, Jenkins   +2 more
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Prenatal testing for infectious disease

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 2003
Prenatal testing for infectious diseases is performed frequently and for a variety of indications. The purpose of this article is to review the maternal and fetal infections that pose diagnostic concerns. Recent advances in diagnostic testing (such as avidity testing) is included. Testing issues focus on the diagnosis of maternal and fetal infection.
Janet I, Andrews   +2 more
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Eugenics and Prenatal Testing

International Journal of Health Services, 1986
Prejudices against people with disabilities, pool people, and immigrants during the nineteenth century generated a science of “race improvement” called eugenics. In the United States, a number of eugenic measures were enacted early in this century, but it was in Nazi Germany that eugenics flourished under the name of racial hygiene (Rassenhygiene).
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Prenatal Genetic Testing

Pediatric Annals, 2009
CME Educational Objectives 1. Describe the currently available prenatal screening and diagnostic tests for Down syndrome. 2. Recognize the autosomal recessive conditions for which carrier testing is available and ...
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Feasibility of Prenatal Hearing Test

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 1985
Variability in foetal responses to sound stimulations is described and the effect of the different factors involved in this reactivity, in particular the physical characteristics of the stimulus and state of alertness of the foetus, is discussed. Results obtained with a high pass filtered pink noise at a 106, 109 and 113 dB SPL on 37-40 week foetuses ...
C, Granier-Deferre   +3 more
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