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Maternal contamination

Definition(s)

The situation which occurs in prenatal testing in which a sample of chorionic villus, amniotic fluid, or umbilical blood becomes contaminated with maternal (usually blood) cells, which can confound interpretation of the results of genetic analysis: Definition from: GeneReviews from the University of Washington and the National Center for Biotechnology Information