Incidental detection of familial APP duplication: An unusual reason for a false positive NIPT result of trisomy 21

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 382-384

  Meschino, Wendy S ^a,b   Miller, Kristen ^a   Bedford, H Melanie ^a,b  

^a NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; APP GENE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MATERNAL SERUM SCREENING TEST; PREGNANCY;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APP PROTEIN, HUMAN; GENETIC MARKER;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL SERUM SCREENING TESTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84959419096     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4783     Document Type: Article

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