Non-Invasive Prenatal Detection of Trisomy 21 Using Tandem Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Background Screening tests for Trisomy 21 (T21), also known as Down syndrome, are routinely performed for the majority of pregnant women. However, current tests rely on either evaluating non-specific markers, which lead to false negative and false positive results, or on invasive tests, which whi...

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Main Authors: Ghanta, Sujana, Mitchell, Michael E., Ames, Mary, Hidestrand, Mats, Simpson, Pippa, Goetsch, Mary, Thilly, William G., Struble, Craig A., Tomita-Mitchell, Aoy
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60363
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-6092