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Clinical performance of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using targeted cell-free DNA analysis in maternal plasma with microarrays or next generation sequencing (NGS) is consistent across multiple controlled clinical studies.
Stokowski R, Wang E, White K, Batey A, Jacobsson B, Brar H, Balanarasimha M, Hollemon D, Sparks A, Nicolaides K, Musci TJ.
Prenat Diagn 2015;35:1243-6. pdf -
Screening for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 by cell-free DNA analysis of maternal blood at 10-11 weeks' gestation and the combined test at 11-13 weeks.
Quezada MS, Gil MM, Francisco C, Orosz G, Nicolaides KH.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2015;45:36-41. pdf -
Analysis of cell-free DNA in maternal blood in screening for fetal aneuploidies: updated meta-analysis.
Gil MM, Quezada MS, Revello R, Akolekar R, Nicolaides KH.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2015;45:249-66. pdf -
Plasma placental RNA allelic ratio permits noninvasive prenatal chromosomal aneuploidy detection.
Lo YM, Tsui NB, Chiu RW, Lau TK, Leung TN, Heung MM, Gerovassili A, Jin Y, Nicolaides KH, Cantor CR, Ding C.
Nat Med 2007;13:218-23. -
Free fetal DNA in maternal circulation: a potential prognostic marker for chromosomal abnormalities?
Gerovassili A, Garner C, Nicolaides KH, Thein SL, Rees DC.
Prenat Diagn 2007;27:104-10.