Background Cell‐free fetal DNA (cff DNA) non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is rapidly
expanding, and is being introduced at varying rates depending on country and condition …

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 …

Objectives The discovery of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) fragments in maternal plasma made
it possible to determine fetal sex at early stages of pregnancy without carrying a risk …

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked neuromuscular disorder in which the
detection of female carriers is of the utmost importance for genetic counseling. Haplotyping …

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is widely used in quantitation of plasma
DNA for non‑invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD). Control genes are indispensable as …

В судебной медицине существует необходимость установить для анализируемого
биологического материала половую принадлежность их владельца. Для этого …

Since the discovery of the presence of fetal DNA in maternal blood, non-invasive fetal sex
determination has been the test most widely translated into clinical practice. To date there is …

The content stability of commonly used control genes is considered to vary significantly in
different independent experimental systems, either in the expression of RNA expression or …

This report describes the trends of chorionic villus sampling (CVS) referred for prenatal
genetic diagnosis in the past two and a half decades in a Portuguese Center. Our cohort of …

In forensic medicine, it is necessary to establish the sexual identity of the owner of the
analyzed biological material. To do this, it is necessary to use PCR to detect specific DNA …