The NIPT test is a non-invasive prenatal test that detects Down's syndrome and other common chromosomal abnormalities in the foetus.
Various tests allow you to test for the 3 most common chromosomal abnormalities (trisomy 21, trisomy 18 and trisomy 13), deletions/duplications, sex chromosome aneuploidies, other trisomies, microdeletions, triploidies, and to determine the sex of the foetus.
The test is carried out from the 10th week of pregnancy by taking one or two tubes of maternal blood. Small fragments of free fetal DNA circulate in the mother's blood, so the test is completely safe for the pregnant woman and the fetus and poses no risk of miscarriage.
The accuracy of the NIPT result is more than 99%.
Ultrasound is a screening method that is strongly recommended in combination with the NIPT test. Ultrasound can detect morphological abnormalities that are not necessarily due to genetic abnormalities.