Dependable accuracy as early as 10 weeks’ gestation

Directed cfDNA technology for detection of trisomies 21, 18 and 13 has been studied in over 6,000 patients:

1. Sparks, A.B., Wang, E.T., Struble, C.A., Barrett, W., et al, Selective analysis of cell-free DNA in maternal blood for evaluation of fetal trisomy. Prenat Diagn (2012);32(1):3-9. doi: 10.1002/pd.2922. Epub 2012 Jan 6.
2. Sparks, A.B., Struble, C.A., Wang, E.T., Song, K., Oliphant, A., Non-invasive Prenatal Detection and Selective Analysis of Cell-free DNA Obtained from Maternal Blood: Evaluation for Trisomy 21 and Trisomy 18, Am J Obstet Gynecol. (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.01.030.
3. Ashoor, G., Syngelaki, A., Wagner, M., Birdir, C., Nicolaides, K.H., Chromosome-selective sequencing of maternal plasma cell-free DNA for first trimester detection of trisomy 21 and trisomy 18, Am J Obstet Gynecol. (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.01.029.
4. Norton, M., Brar, H., Weiss, J., Karimi, A., et al. Non-Invasive Chromosomal Evaluation (NICE) Study: Results of a Multicenter, Prospective, Cohort Study for Detection of Fetal Trisomy 21 and Trisomy 18, Am J Obstet Gynecol. (2012), doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2012.05.021.
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6. Ashoor, G., Syngelaki, A., Nicolaides, K.H., et al. Trisomy 13 detection in the first trimester of pregnancy using a chromosome-selective cell-free DNA analysis method, ULTRASOUND Obstet Gynecol. (2012), DOI: 10.1002/uog.12299.
7. Data on file.