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Mosaic Maternal Fragile Site Expansion Adds to List of Variants Causing False-Positive NIPT Results

Mar 02, 2018
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A team from the Netherlands has identified a mosaic chromosome 10 deletion, and related fragile site expansion, that can lead to false-positive results on noninvasive prenatal screens for a range of chromosomal abnormalities.

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