Non-invasive prenatal screening using cell-free fetal DNA : how good a screening assay is this ?

• Main Author: Tan, Christina En Hui
• Other Authors: Alvin Lim Soon Tiong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68929
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Prenatal diagnosis provides expectant mothers with important information which may affect subsequent pregnancy management. Karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) following chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis are the gold standards in detecting genetic abnormalities....