Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis for fetal sex determination: benefits and disadvantages from the service users' perspective

C Lewis, M Hill, H Skirton, LS Chitty - European journal of human …, 2012 - nature.com
Prenatal fetal sex determination is clinically indicated for women who are at risk of having a
child with a serious genetic disorder affecting a particular sex. Ultrasound has been the …

Fetal sex determination using cell‐free fetal DNA: service users' experiences of and preferences for service delivery

C Lewis, M Hill, H Skirton, LS Chitty - Prenatal diagnosis, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim of this study was to determine service users' experiences of and
preferences for service delivery of fetal sex determination by noninvasive prenatal diagnosis …

Non-invasive prenatal testing for fetal sex determination: is ultrasound still relevant?

C Colmant, M Morin-Surroca, F Fuchs… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Early prenatal diagnosis of fetal sex is necessary to optimize pregnancy management in
families known to be at risk of some heritable disorders. The demonstration of cell-free fetal …

Implementing noninvasive prenatal fetal sex determination using cell-free fetal DNA in the United Kingdom

M Hill, C Lewis, L Jenkins, S Allen… - Expert opinion on …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Fetal sex determination has traditionally been performed in pregnancies at risk
of sex-linked genetic conditions by analysis of chorionic villi or amniocytes following …

Noninvasive fetal sex determination using cell-free fetal DNA: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SA Devaney, GE Palomaki, JA Scott, DW Bianchi - Jama, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Noninvasive prenatal determination of fetal sex using cell-free fetal DNA provides
an alternative to invasive techniques for some heritable disorders. In some countries this …

Non‐invasive prenatal determination of fetal sex: translating research into clinical practice

M Hill, K Finning, P Martin, J Hogg, C Meaney… - Clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Hill M, Finning K, Martin P, Hogg J, Meaney C, Norbury G, Daniels G, Chitty LS. Non‐
invasive prenatal determination of fetal sex: translating research into clinical practice. The …

Non-invasive fetal sex determination: impact on clinical practice

KM Finning, LS Chitty - Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Prenatal fetal sex determination is undertaken in women at high risk of serious genetic
disorders affecting a specific sex. Traditionally, this is undertaken by invasive testing, usually …

Noninvasive fetal sex determination in maternal plasma: a prospective feasibility study

FJ Fernández-Martínez, A Galindo… - Genetics in …, 2012 - nature.com
Purpose: To prospectively validate a protocol for noninvasive fetal sex determination in
maternal plasma and demonstrate its applicability to clinical practice. Methods: Peripheral …

Incremental cost of non‐invasive prenatal diagnosis versus invasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal sex in England

M Hill, S Taffinder, LS Chitty, S Morris - Prenatal diagnosis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Fetal sex determination is performed for women who carry X‐linked conditions,
for example Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), or those associated with ambiguous …

Reduction in diagnostic and therapeutic interventions by non‐invasive determination of fetal sex in early pregnancy

JA Hyett, G Gardener, T Stojilkovic‐Mikic… - … in Affiliation With the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study reviews our clinical experience of non‐invasive techniques for early sex
determination. It assesses the effectiveness of these techniques at reducing invasive …