All of following statements are true regarding non-invasive prenatal screening(NIPT) test except :
Non-invasive prenatal screening tests: Used for Prenatal detection of chromosome abnormalities and reduce incidences of aneuploidies in high risk pregnancies. Pregnant woman's blood is evaluated prenatal screening. Screening test is done usually after 10 weeks of gestation. Because it has high negative predictive values,for fuher confirmation with invasive methods like chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis .
Positive test need fuher confirmation
Evaluates fetal blood taken by cordocentesis for fetal abnormalities
High negative predictive value
Used in screening for aneuploidies
Types of Genetic Disorders