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.
Abstract
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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