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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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Q179.9-180 Research
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/42397/1/pBIO15.pdf
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spelling my.usm.eprints.42397 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.
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Thilakavathy, Karuppiah
Rosli, Rozita
A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome
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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author Thilakavathy, Karuppiah
Rosli, Rozita
author_facet Thilakavathy, Karuppiah
Rosli, Rozita
author_sort Thilakavathy, Karuppiah
title A non-invasive prenatal DNA screening test for Down Syndrome
title_short 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_sort non-invasive prenatal dna screening test for down syndrome
publisher Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia
publishDate 2004
url http://eprints.usm.my/42397/1/pBIO15.pdf
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