Tag: Down Syndrome
Majority of Women Prefer Non-Invasive Testing for Trisomy 21
Yet, roughly one-third still want an invasive secondary test plus chromosomal microarray
Decline in Complex Congenital Heart Defects in Down Syndrome
Risk in 2010 to 2012 reduced by almost 40 percent compared with 1992 to 1994
Four Methods Can Diagnose Fetal Nasal Bone Hypoplasia
Similar sensitivity for all methods for identifying fetal NB hypoplasia in second trimester
DNA-Based Blood Test More Accurate in ID of Down Sx
But it won't eliminate need for invasive diagnostics such as amniocentesis
Exogenous Progesterone Increases Nuchal Translucency
Increase also seen in women at low risk for fetal aneuploidies
