Congenital adrenal hyperplasia—current insights in pathophysiology, diagnostics, and management

HL Claahsen-van der Grinten, PW Speiser… - Endocrine …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders affecting
cortisol biosynthesis. Reduced activity of an enzyme required for cortisol production leads to …

The past and future of haemophilia: diagnosis, treatments, and its complications

F Peyvandi, I Garagiola, G Young - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Haemophilia A and B are hereditary haemorrhagic disorders characterised by deficiency or
dysfunction of coagulation protein factors VIII and IX, respectively. Recurrent joint and …

Non-invasive prenatal testing: a review of international implementation and challenges

M Allyse, MA Minear, E Berson, S Sridhar… - … journal of women's …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Noninvasive prenatal genetic testing (NIPT) is an advance in the detection of fetal
chromosomal aneuploidies that analyzes cell-free fetal DNA in the blood of a pregnant …

The accuracy of cell‐free fetal DNA‐based non‐invasive prenatal testing in singleton pregnancies: a systematic review and bivariate meta‐analysis

FL Mackie, K Hemming, S Allen… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cell‐free fetal DNA (cff DNA) non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is rapidly
expanding, and is being introduced at varying rates depending on country and condition …

Non‐invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy: current status and future prospects

P Benn, H Cuckle, E Pergament - Ultrasound in Obstetrics & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for aneuploidy using cell‐free DNA in maternal plasma
is revolutionizing prenatal screening and diagnosis. We review NIPT in the context of …

Prenatal and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis

JR Vermeesch, T Voet, K Devriendt - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
The past decade has seen the development of technologies that have revolutionized
prenatal genetic testing; that is, genetic testing from conception until birth. Genome-wide …

[HTML][HTML] X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: clinical, metabolic, genetic and pathophysiological aspects

S Kemp, J Berger, P Aubourg - … Et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2012 - Elsevier
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is the most frequent peroxisomal disease. The two
main clinical phenotypes of X-ALD are adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) and inflammatory …

Clinical application of massively parallel sequencing‐based prenatal noninvasive fetal trisomy test for trisomies 21 and 18 in 11 105 pregnancies with mixed risk …

S Dan, W Wang, J Ren, Y Li, H Hu, Z Xu… - Prenatal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To report the performance of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) based prenatal
noninvasive fetal trisomy test based on cell‐free DNA sequencing from maternal plasma in a …

The implementation of preferences for male offspring

J Bongaarts - Population and Development Review, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past quarter century the sex ratio at birth (SRB) has risen above natural levels in a
number of countries, mostly in Asia. This rise has been made possible in populations with …

Ultrasensitive measurement of hotspot mutations in tumor DNA in blood using error-suppressed multiplexed deep sequencing

A Narayan, NJ Carriero, SN Gettinger, J Kluytenaar… - Cancer research, 2012 - AACR
Detection of cell-free tumor DNA in the blood has offered promise as a cancer biomarker, but
practical clinical implementations have been impeded by the lack of a sensitive and …