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Current methods in prenatal diagnosis

Jasenka Wagner


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Abstract

Current methods used for prenatal diagnosis can be invasive or noninvasive. Common invasive techniques, like amniocentesis or chorionic villus biopsy, have been used for the last thirty years. During the last twenty years, extensive work in development of noninvasive techniques has been done. General goal of noninvasive methods is to be completely safe and available to all pregnant women. In this review, most commonly used techniques of prenatal diagnosis as well as recent developments in the field are being presented, especially possible application of analysis of cell free fetal DNA from maternal plasma.

Keywords

Pregnancy; Prenatal diagnosis; Aneuploidy; Triple test; Combined screening, Ultrasonography; Amniocentesis; Chorion villi biopsy; Cell free fetal DNA; Maternal plasma

Hrčak ID:

191875

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/191875

Publication date:

1.12.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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