A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome

Prenatal diagnosis still depends on invasive methods using cells contained in the amniotic fluid or villus cells (Suzumori, 1999). These procedures carry a small but important rate of miscarriage (Vyas, 1994). The discovery on the presence of foetal cells in maternal circulation was a turning point...

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Main Authors: Thilakavathy, Karuppiah, Rosli, Rozita
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2004
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description Prenatal diagnosis still depends on invasive methods using cells contained in the amniotic fluid or villus cells (Suzumori, 1999). These procedures carry a small but important rate of miscarriage (Vyas, 1994). The discovery on the presence of foetal cells in maternal circulation was a turning point for the development of a safe, accurate and reliable prenatal diagnosis, which could be offered to as a routine test to any pregnant women regardless their age.
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spelling usm-423972018-11-23T07:32:14Z http://eprints.usm.my/42397/ A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome Thilakavathy, Karuppiah Rosli, Rozita Q179.9-180 Research Prenatal diagnosis still depends on invasive methods using cells contained in the amniotic fluid or villus cells (Suzumori, 1999). These procedures carry a small but important rate of miscarriage (Vyas, 1994). The discovery on the presence of foetal cells in maternal circulation was a turning point for the development of a safe, accurate and reliable prenatal diagnosis, which could be offered to as a routine test to any pregnant women regardless their age. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2004 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/42397/1/pBIO15.pdf Thilakavathy, Karuppiah and Rosli, Rozita (2004) A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome. In: The 4th Annual Seminar of National Science Fellowship NSF 2004 Proceedings. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 77-82.
spellingShingle Q179.9-180 Research
Thilakavathy, Karuppiah
Rosli, Rozita
A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome
title A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome
title_full A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome
title_fullStr A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome
title_short A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome
title_sort non-invasive prenatal dna screening test for down syndrome
topic Q179.9-180 Research
url http://eprints.usm.my/42397/
http://eprints.usm.my/42397/1/pBIO15.pdf