OC38.02: Screening for Down syndrome with a two-step approach using first-trimester combined screening followed by second-trimester ultrasound examination: an interventional study
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Screening for Down syndrome in the second trimester of pregnancy.
Antenatal screening for fetal anomalies has provided women and their partners with information to make reproductive choices based on the risk of serious chromosomal or structural defects since the 1990s. Alternative tests include first-trimester screening (combined ultrasound and maternal serum markers), second-trimester maternal serum markers and noninvasive cell-free DNA testing. The recent r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0960-7692
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2232