Non-invasive prenatal genetic test

Non-invasive prenatal genetic test

Nova Clinic is glad to offer their patients a genetic screening for fetal chromosomal mutations through the analysis of the mother’s blood sample with the help of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technique. Non-invasive genetic test helps detect most wide-spread chromosomal pathologies: Down’s syndrome Edwards' syndrome Patau's syndrome Klinefelter's syndrome Turner's syndrome A patient receives the geneticist’s medical conclusion as well as the results of the test. Advantages of non-invasive prenatal test Safety There is no contact with an embryo’s membrane, which, otherwise, may cause miscarriages or other complications. A venous blood sample collected from a woman is quite enough to perform the test. All these are safe both for the mother and the fetus. High accuracy The non-invasive test uses fetal DNA, which, unlike an ultrasound and a biochemical screening, is a direct diagnostic technique with accuracy up to 99,9%. It should be also noted that the percentage of inaccurate (false-positive) results is inferior than 0,1% . Indications The test can be recommended to all pregnant women who want to obtain additional information on their babies’ health condition. However, the test is usually recommended to women running a high risk of having a baby with chromosomal mutations: when a women is over 35 when a man is over 42 ultrasound or a biochemical screening indicate to a high risk of developing a chromosomal pathology balanced chromosomal alteration has been found in one of the parents Restrictions on a non-invasive prenatal diagnosis pregnancy term is less than 10 weeks multifetal pregnancy blood transfusion (over two recent years) organ transplant operations or treatment with stem cells oncological diseases IVF with donor egg cells surrogacy Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis includes the following steps collection of a venous blood sample blood sample screening for fetal chromosomal pathologies calculation of an individual risk of having a baby with chromosomal mutations geneticist’s medical conclusion on the mother’s health condition

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