The effect of hemolysis on quality control metrics for noninvasive prenatal testing

• Main Authors: Yaya Guo (Author), Dandan Yu (Author), Kaisu Zhou (Author), Jie Wang (Author), Dongzhu Lei (Author), Zhenpeng Xu (Author), Weijiang Tang (Author), Miaofeng Wu (Author), Xingxing Fang (Author), Jiankun Shen (Author), Zhiyu Peng (Author), Jiale Xiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is the testing of blood samples from pregnant women to screen for fetal risk of chromosomal disorders. Even though in vitro hemolysis of blood specimens is common in clinical laboratories, its influence on NIPT has not been well investigated. M...