Specimen Type

Preferred Specimen Types:

• Placenta – Tissue that contains chorionic villi (has 90% success rate)
• Umbilical Cord
• Skin – Take biopsy from under the arm or inner thigh. Avoid muscle, tendons or tough skin (such as heel). Sample size should be 3 mm minimum.
• Internal Organs – Liver, lung, kidney, thymus (have a 20% success rate)
• Whole Fetus – Please take a biopsy. Whole fetus samples are not accepted.