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Down Syndrome
Noninvasive screening in early pregnancy reduces Down's births by 50 percent
July 6th, 2007
Non-invasive screening of pregnant women with ultrasound early in pregnancy, combined with maternal blood analysis, has reduced the number of children born in Denmark with Down Syndrome by 50%, a scientist told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics. Professor Karen Brøndum-Nielsen, of the Kennedy Institute, Glostrup, Denmark, will say that another benefit of the introduction of this procedure in her country was a drop in the number of invasive pre-natal diagnostic procedures from 11% to approx. 6% of pregnancies. In September 2004, Professor Brøndum-Nielsen will tell the conference, the National Board of Health in Denmark...
Source: Genomics & Genetics Weekly (2007-07-06)
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