I would like to tell you about the Non Invasive Prenatal Test (NIPT) at GENDIA, as you want.

Here I am giving you information about it, as you want.

DESCRIPTION
NIPT is a DNA test on maternal blood to screen pregnancies for the most common fetal chromosome anomalies:

Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome),

Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and

Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)

Also the gender of the fetus is determined.

RELIABILITY
The reliability of NIPT is very high (more than 99% for Down syndrome).

SAMPLE
Specific test kits provided by GENDIA are required: 20 ml blood in specific blood tubes is required from the mother.

The samples have to be sent by Express mail to GENDIA’s lab in Antwerp (Belgium), and arrive there within 2 days of withdrawal.

INDICATIONS
Although NIPT can be performed in every pregnancy, it is especially indicated:

If the triple test or first trimester screening indicates an increased risk for Down syndrome, trisomy 18 or trisomy 13

Advanced maternal age

TIMING
From gestation week 10

TURNAROUND TIME
Usually you receive the NIPT result through email in about 2 weeks.

CONTRAINDICATIONS
NIPT is not the test of choice when there is:

Fetal anomalies on ultrasound

Known genetic anomalies that cannot be diagnosed by NIPT


Contact details;
Emiel Vloorsstraat 9, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium

+32 3 303 08 01

NIPT@GENDIA.net

By car: GPS has difficulties to find nr 9, which is next to nr 1 and across ‘Sporthal Kiel’.
By train : GENDIA is in proximity (500m) of train station ‘Antwerpen Zuid’.
By tram: nrs 4 & 24.
By bus: nrs 1, 13, 290, 291, 295, 298.