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Noninvasive prenatal testing: the aspects of its introduction into clinical practice

Korostin DO1,2, Plakhina DA2, Belova VA1,2
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1 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

2 Genotek Ltd., Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Dmitry O. Korostin
Nastavnichesky per. 17, str. 1, Moscow, 105120; moc.liamg@nitsorok.d

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Acknowledgment: the authors are grateful for Ekaterina Shubina of Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology for her valuable feedback.

Author contribution: Korostin DO conceived the review and supervised manuscript preparation; Plakhina DA wrote the sections about cell-free DNA and the regulatory legislation and helped to revise the manuscript; Belova VA wrote the sections about MPS-aided NIPT and the regulatory legislation and helped to revise the manuscript.

Received: 2018-10-05 Accepted: 2019-05-10 Published online: 2019-05-23
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