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Non‐invasive prenatal diagnosis for translocation carriers—YES please or NO go?

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The presence of an unbalanced familial translocation can be reliably assessed in the cytotrophoblast of chorionic villi. However, carriers of a balanced translocation often decline invasive testing. This study aimed… Click to show full abstract

The presence of an unbalanced familial translocation can be reliably assessed in the cytotrophoblast of chorionic villi. However, carriers of a balanced translocation often decline invasive testing. This study aimed to investigate whether an unbalanced translocation can also be diagnosed in cell free DNA by whole‐genome non‐invasive prenatal screening (NIPS).

Keywords: invasive prenatal; prenatal diagnosis; translocation carriers; non invasive; translocation; diagnosis translocation

Journal Title: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Year Published: 2021

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