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Implementing non-invasive prenatal testing into publicly funded antenatal screening services for Down syndrome and other conditions in Aotearoa New Zealand

BACKGROUND: Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a relatively new screen for congenital conditions – specifically, common fetal aneuploidies including Down Syndrome. The test is based on isolating freely circulating fragments of fetal-placental DNA that is present in the mother’s blood. NIPT has...

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Autores principales: Filoche, Sara, Cram, Fiona, Lawton, Bev, Beard, Angela, Stone, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28978305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1535-x