Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

The analysis of cell-free fetal DNA or the DNA from fetal cells that are biopsied from a pregnant woman’s blood, to screen for genetically-determined traits and genetic abnormalities.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The analysis of cell-free fetal DNA or the DNA from fetal cells that are biopsied from a pregnant woman’s blood, to screen for genetically-determined traits and genetic abnormalities.

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9 entry terms
  • Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Noninvasive Prenatal Screening
  • Prenatal Diagnosis, Noninvasive
  • Prenatal Screening, Noninvasive
  • Prenatal Testing, Noninvasive
  • Prenatal Cell-Free DNA Screening
  • Prenatal cfDNA Screening
  • Prenatal Cell Free DNA Screening
  • cfDNA Screening, Prenatal

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11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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History Note

2020

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Previous Indexing

  • Prenatal Diagnosis (2012-2019)

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  2. E01w.370.225.562w.375w
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  9. N02.421.308.430w.250w
  10. N02.421.726.233.221w.375w

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NLM Classification

WQ 209

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Noninvasive Prenatal Testing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000081182. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000081182
  2. Noninvasive Prenatal Testing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noninvasive_prenatal_testing
  3. Noninvasive Prenatal Testing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11501543