Prenatal genetic care: Debates and considerations of the past, present and future

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1101-1105

  Faas, Brigitte Hw ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Array analysis; Commercialization; Massively parallel sequencing; Noninvasive prenatal testing; Prenatal; Variants of unknown or uncertain clinical relevance

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOSAICISM; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; FETUS; FORECASTING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; TRENDS;

FETUS; FORECASTING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PRENATAL CARE; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84936945310     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: 17447682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2015.1045873     Document Type: Review

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