Screening for trisomies in circulating DNA

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 874-875

  Greene, Michael F ^a   Phimister, Elizabeth G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FREE DNA; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRISOMY;

EID: 84896707602     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1401129     Document Type: Editorial

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