One of the confounders in noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is the vanishing twin phenomenon. Prolonged contribution to the maternal Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) pool by cytotrophoblasts representing a demised, aneuploid cotwin may lead to a false-positive outcome for a normal, viable twin. We show that a vanishing trisomy-14 twin contributes to cfDNA for more than 2 weeks after demise.
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