Topmed Medical Center Targu-Mures announces that it performs a premium non-invasive prenatal test called NIFTY PRO, which detects Down syndrome (trisomy 21), 5 other trisomies, and 87 other genetic conditions caused by extra or missing genetic information in the fetus's DNA.
The NIFTY PRO test can also indicate the sex of the baby. This test involves collecting a small sample of maternal blood and is available from the 10th week of pregnancy.
Test results are available within 10 working days. With a sensitivity rate of over 99% for detecting trisomies 21, 18, and 13, NIFTY PRO offers greater accuracy than traditional screening tests and, unlike invasive procedures such as amniocentesis, poses no risk of miscarriage or other risk to the fetus.
During pregnancy, fetal DNA passes into the mother's bloodstream.
NIFTY PRO involves analyzing fetal DNA to assess the health of the fetus, checking for too few or too many chromosomes.
Many parents choose NIFTY PRO for peace of mind regarding the health of the pregnancy. Doctors may also recommend NIFTY PRO if you are of advanced maternal age, have a family history of genetic abnormalities, or if first or second trimester screening/ultrasound results indicate abnormalities.
The most common genetic abnormalities detected by this test include:
Trisomies: trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome), trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome), trisomy 22, trisomy 16, trisomy 9, genetic sex identification.
Sex chromosome aneuploidies: XXY (Klinefelter syndrome), monosomy X (Turner syndrome), XXX (Triple X syndrome), XYY (Jacob syndrome).
Deletion/Duplication syndromes: 5p (Cri-du-Chat syndrome), Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome (15q11.2), Jacobsen syndrome (11q23), DiGeorge syndrome, DiGeorge II (10p14-p13), Van der Woude syndrome (1q32.2), Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, Miller-Dieker syndrome, Williams Beuren syndrome, Smith-Magenis syndrome, Dandy-Walker syndrome, Levy-Shansk syndrome, Split-hand/foot malformation 5, Holoprosencephaly 1.6, WAGRO syndrome, Yuan-Harel-Lupski syndrome, Cat-Eye syndrome, Langer-Giedion syndrome, Frias syndrome, CHDM, WAGR syndrome, Potocki-Shaffe syndrome, HCD, Potocki-Lupski syndrome.
The test also identifies 57 other genetic conditions; detailed information is available on request.
The cost of the test is 2450 RON.