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National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics. 2012. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) factsheet. [Lutherville, MD]: National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics, 4 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet describes a procedure to analyze cell-free fetal DNA circulating in maternal blood as a noninvasive prenatal screening and testing effort for trisomy 21 and other fetal chromosome abnormalities. It outlines test characteristics, detection rate and accuracy, reporting results and their implications for pregnant women, testing costs and insurance coverage, what to ask laboratories offering the test, performance comparison to other forms of prenatal testing or screening, counseling women about screening and testing options, and general background.

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Keywords: Congenital abnormalities, Down syndrome, Genetic screening, Prenatal care, Trisomy

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