Impact of Second-Trimester Maternal Serum Screening on Prenatal Diagnosis of Down Syndrome and the use of Amniocentesis in the Taiwanese Population

Impact of Second-Trimester Maternal Serum Screening on Prenatal Diagnosis of Down Syndrome and the use of Amniocentesis in the Taiwanese Population

Objective: To investigate the impact of second-trimester maternal serum screening on prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome and the use of amniocentesis in the Taiwanese population. Materials and Methods: From 1990 to 2000, 166,419 amniocenteses were analyzed cytogenetically in the Taiwanese population...

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Main Authors: Chih-Ping Chen, Chen-Ju Lin, Wayseen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-03-01
Series:Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Subjects:
amniocentesis
Down syndrome
maternal serum screening
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455909601030

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