| Literature DB >> 26088741 |
Michael T Mennuti1, Suchitra Chandrasekaran2, Nahla Khalek3, Lorraine Dugoff1.
Abstract
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing is increasingly being used to screen pregnant women for fetal aneuploidies. This technology may also identify fetal sex and can be used to screen for sex chromosome aneuploidies (SCAs). Physicians offering this screening will need to be prepared to offer comprehensive prenatal counseling about these disorders to an increasing number of patients. The purpose of this article is to consider the source of information to use for counseling, factors in parental decision-making, and the performance characteristics of cfDNA testing in screening for SCAs. Discordance between ultrasound examination and cfDNA results regarding fetal sex is also discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26088741 DOI: 10.1002/pd.4639
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prenat Diagn ISSN: 0197-3851 Impact factor: 3.050