First trimester risk assessment for Down syndrome

Wednesday, 07 Nov 2012 15:43:18 GMT

Down syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosomal abnormality, affecting 1:700 live births, yet current criteria for screening and detecting DS continue to be suboptimal. This article presents options for fetal aneuploidy risk assessment during pregnancy, including myriad new approaches introduced for DS risk assessment, which can be performed either in the first trimester or by combining first- and second-trimester measurements.

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First trimester risk assessment for Down syndrome