Amniocentesis may cause unnecessary complications such as rupture of membranes, uterine contractions, bleeding, infections, forced long-term tocolysis, premature birth, and even miscarriage. Moreover, the detection rate of conventional Down Syndrome screening using maternal blood during the first and second trimester is only between 80%-90%.
NIPS provides better and safer alternatives:
- Avoid risks of miscarriage, premature birth, tocolysis and infection caused by amniocentesis.
- Near 99.5% detection rate for Down Syndrome, and provides selective additional results of specific single gene disorders that are not covered by chromosomal microarray analysis.
- 10 ml of the blood sample is collected from the expectant mother. The test can be taken as early as 10 weeks pregnant and the results are available in 8 working days.
3 Somatic Chromosome Abnormalities
- Down Syndrome
- Edwards Syndrome
- Patau Syndrome
4 Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
- Turner Syndrome
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Triple X Syndrome XYY Syndrome
22 Somatic Chromosome Abnormalities
- Down Syndrome
- Edwards Syndrome
- Patau Syndrome
4 Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
- Turner Syndrome
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Triple X Syndrome XYY Syndrome
5 Microdeletions Syndromes
- Prader-Willi Syndrome (70%)
- Angelman Syndrome
- DiGeorge Syndrome
- 1p36 Deletion Syndrome
- Cri-du-chat Syndrome
22 Somatic Chromosome Abnormalities
- Down Syndrome
- Edwards Syndrome
- Patau Syndrome
4 Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
- Turner Syndrome
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Triple X Syndrome XYY Syndrome
20 Skeletal Dysplasia Mutations
- Crouzon Syndrome
- Pfeiffer Syndrome
- Apert Syndrome
- Achondroplasia
- Hypochondroplasia
- Thanatophoric Dysplasia Type 1
- Thanatophoric Dysplasia Type 2
- Muenke Syndrome
20 Microdeletions Syndromes
- Prader-Willi Syndrome (70%)
- Angelman Syndrome (70%)
- DiGeorge Syndrome
- 1p36 Deletion Syndrome
- Williams Syndrome
- Smith-Magenis Syndrome
- Koolen-de Vries Syndrome
- 18q Deletion Syndrome
- Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome
- Alagille Syndrome
- Jacobsen Syndrome
- Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy
- Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome
- WAGR Syndrome
- Potocki-Shaffer Syndrome
- Miller Dieker Syndrome
- 1 q21.1 Deletion Syndrome
- Kleefstra Syndrome
- Phelan-Mcdermid Syndrome
- Cri-du-chat Syndrome
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