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Down Syndrome
Improved maternal screening reduces need for amniocentesis
July 28th, 2005
Improved maternal screening reduces need for amniocentesis in unaffected pregnancies. In a recent article published in the journal Genetics in Medicine, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To identify trends in the utilization of second trimester maternal serum screening, follow-up amniocenteses, and the detection of Down syndrome-affected pregnancies between 1991 and 2003. We reviewed all triple and quadruple maternal serum screening tests referred to the University of Connecticut screening laboratory from women with singleton pregnancies." "For each calendar year, the total number of tests, proportion to women aged 35 or...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-28)
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