Non-invasive detection of fetal genetic traits

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13757637

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Blood plasma of pregnant women contains fetal and (generally >90%) maternal circulatory extracellular DNA. Most of said fetal DNA contains ≦500 base pairs, said maternal DNA having a greater size. Separation of circulatory extracellular DNA of <500 base pairs results in separation of fetal from maternal DNA. A fraction of a blood plasma or serum sample of a pregnant woman containing, due to size separation (e.g. by chromatography, density gradient centrifugation or nanotechnological methods), extracellular DNA substantially comprising ≦500 base pairs is useful for non-invasive detection of fetal genetic traits (including the fetal RhD gene in pregnancies at risk for HDN; fetal Y chromosome-specific sequences in pregnancies at risk for X chromosome-linked disorders; chromosomal aberrations; hereditary Mendelian genetic disorders and corresponding genetic markers; and traits decisive for paternity determination) by e.g. PCR, ligand chain reaction or probe hybridization techniques, or nucleic acid arrays.

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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BASELHEBELSTRASSE 32 4031 BASEL

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Hahn, Sinuhe Liestal, CH 14 898
Holzgreve, Wolfgang Basel, CH 10 876
Li, Ying Basel, CH 869 31412
Zimmermann, Bernhard Los Angeles, US 170 8973

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