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ReviewExpert reviews in molecular medicine2011

Determination of fetal chromosome aberrations from fetal DNA in maternal blood: has the challenge finally been met?

Sinuhe Hahn, Olav Lapaire, Sevgi Tercanli, Varaprasad Kolla, Irene Hösli

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Review in Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
13.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sinuhe HahnLaboratory for Prenatal Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. shahn@uhbs.ch
Olav Lapaire
Sevgi Tercanli
Varaprasad Kolla
Irene Hösli
University Hospital of Basel · CHDepartment of Biomedicine Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The analysis of cell-free fetal nucleic acids in maternal blood for prenatal diagnosis has been transformed by several recent profound technology developments. The most noteworthy of these are 'digital PCR' and 'next-generation sequencing' (NGS), which might finally deliver the long-sought goal of noninvasive detection of fetal aneuploidy. Recent data, however, indicate that NGS might even be able to offer a much more detailed appraisal of the fetal genome, including paternal and maternal inheritance of point mutations for mendelian disorders such as β-thalassaemia. Although these developments are very exciting, in their current form they are still too complex and costly, and will need to be simplified considerably for their optimal translation to the clinic. In this regard, targeted NGS does appear to be a step in the right direction, although this should be seen in the context of ongoing progress with the isolation of fetal cells and with proteomic screening markers.

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Chromosome AberrationsDNAFemaleFetusHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansPregnancyPrenatal DiagnosisDNA

Identifiers

PMID21542948
PMCPMC3087311
OpenAlexW2112304461

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