Increased Cell-Free Fetal DNA Fraction in the First Trimester: A Sign of Abnormally Invasive Placenta?

Ultraschall Med. 2020 Oct;41(5):560-561. doi: 10.1055/a-0770-5209. Epub 2018 Nov 5.

Authors

Dagmar Wertaschnigg¹, Miha Lucovnik², Eckhard Klieser³, Judith Huber-Katamay¹, Manfred Georg Moertl⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
² Department of Perinatology, University-Medical-Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
³ Department of Pathology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tertiary care center for Perinatology, Medical Center, Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria.

PMID: 30396215
DOI: 10.1055/a-0770-5209

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cell-Free Nucleic Acids*
DNA
Female
Humans
Placenta / diagnostic imaging
Placenta Accreta*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, First

Substances

Cell-Free Nucleic Acids
DNA