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Increasing maternal age is not a significant cause of false‐positive results for monosomy X in non‐invasive prenatal testing

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The accuracy of cell‐free DNA aneuploidy screening varies by the chromosome assessed. The positive predictive value is consistently low for monosomy X (MX), at less than 30%. This study aims… Click to show full abstract

The accuracy of cell‐free DNA aneuploidy screening varies by the chromosome assessed. The positive predictive value is consistently low for monosomy X (MX), at less than 30%. This study aims to investigate maternal age and other possible predictors of false‐positive MX screening results in order to guide pre‐test and post‐test counselling.

Keywords: increasing maternal; false positive; significant cause; age significant; maternal age

Journal Title: Prenatal Diagnosis
Year Published: 2020

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