Chapter 1 Spectral Karyotyping (SKY): Applications in Prenatal Diagnostics

Chapter 2 Characterization of Prenatally Assessed De Novo Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosomes by Molecular Cytogenetics

Chapter 3 Rapid Prenatal Aneuploidy Screening by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)

Chapter 4 Application of Multi-PRINS to Simultaneously Identify Chromosomes 18, X, and Y in Prenatal Diagnosis

Chapter 5 Prenatal Diagnosis Using Array CGH

Chapter 6 Prenatal Detection of Chromosome Aneuploidy by Quantitative Fluorescence PCR

Chapter 7 Real-Time Quantitative PCR for the Detection of Fetal Aneuploidies

Chapter 8 MLPA for Prenatal Diagnosis of Commonly Occurring Aneuploidies

Chapter 9 MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for Trisomy Detection

Chapter 10 Rapid Detection of Fetal Mendelian Disorders: Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Syndromes

Chapter 11 Rapid detection of fetal Mendelian disorders: Tay-Sachs disease.

Chapter 12 Arrayed Primer Extension Reaction for Genotyping on Oligonucleotide Microarray

Chapter 13 A Fast Microelectronic Array for Screening and Prenatal Diagnosis of β-Thalassemia

Chapter 15 Isolation of Cell-Free DNA from Maternal Plasma Using Manual and Automated Systems

Chapter 16 Fetal DNA: Strategies for Optimal Recovery

Chapter 17 Quantification of Circulatory Fetal DNA in the Plasma of Pregnant Women

Chapter 18 Detection and Quantification of Fetal DNA in Maternal Plasma by Using LightCycler Technology

Chapter 19 Size Fractionation of Cell-Free DNA in Maternal Plasma and Its Application in Noninvasive Detection of Fetal Single Gene Point Mutations

Chapter 20 MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for Analyzing Cell-Free Fetal DNA in Maternal Plasma

Chapter 21 Isolation of Cell-Free RNA from Maternal Plasma

Chapter 22 A Microarray Approach for Systematic Identification of Placental-Derived RNA Markers in Maternal Plasma

Chapter 23 A Novel Method to Identify Syncytiotrophoblast-Derived RNA Products Representative of Trisomy 21 Placental RNA in Maternal Plasma

Chapter 24 Method for Extraction of High-Quantity and -Quality Cell-Free DNA from Amniotic Fluid

Chapter 25 Detection of New Screening Markers for Fetal Aneuploidies in Maternal Plasma: A Proteomic Approach