Non-invasive fetal sex diagnosis in plasma of early weeks pregnants using droplet digital PCR

• Main Authors: Elisabetta D'Aversa (Author), Giulia Breveglieri (Author), Patrizia Pellegatti (Author), Giovanni Guerra (Author), Roberto Gambari (Author), Monica Borgatti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Fetal sex determination is useful for families at risk of X-linked disorders, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, adrenal hypoplasia, hemophilia. At first, this could be obtained through invasive procedures such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, having a 1% risk of...