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Pregnancy screening and prenatal diagnosis of fetal Down syndrome

✍ Scribed by Rose, Nancy C.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 623 KB
Volume: 2
Category: Article
ISSN: 1080-4013
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2779(1996)2:2<80::aid-mrdd4>3.0.co;2-0

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✦ Synopsis

This review discusses current methods for pregnancy screening and the prenatal diagnosis of fetal Down syndrome. These include maternal serum screening ultrasonographic evaluations, and standard prenatal diagnostic techniques. In addition t o noting the advantages and limitations of these methods, attention is directed to innovative prenatal diagnostic techniques that are not yet clini- cally available, such as the extraction of fetal cells from the maternal circulation and the preimplantation genetic diagnosis for fetal aneuploidies.

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