Cell-free fetal DNA in specimen from pregnant women is stable up to 5 days.

  • Sina P Müller
  • Iris Bartels
  • Werner Stein
  • Günter Emons
  • Kai Gutensohn
  • Tobias J Legler

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Abstract

Before noninvasive prenatal diagnosis on the fetal Rhesus D status (NIPD RhD) can be implemented on a mass-scale, it is crucial to define requirements regarding sample transport. The aim of this study was to determine the relation between the transport time of samples for NIPD and the concentration of fetal DNA in maternal plasma.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number13
ISSN0197-3851
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 22030893