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RETIRED: Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy

Authors :
Anne M. Summers
Sylvie Langlois
Phil Wyatt
R. Douglas Wilson
Victoria Allen
Claire Blight
Valerie Desilets
Alain Gagnon
Jo-Ann Johnson
David Chitayat
Albert E. Chudley
Sandra A. Farrell
Michael T. Geraghty
Chumei Li
Sarah M. Nikkel
Andrea Shugar
Anne Summers
Frederique Tihy
Lucie Morin
Michael Van den Hof
Stephen Bly
Robert Gagnon
Barbara Lewthwaite
Yvonne M. Cargill
Kenneth Ian Lim
Annie Ouellet
Source :
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 29:146-161
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2007.

Abstract

Objective: To develop a Canadian consensus document with recommendations on maternal screening for fetal aneuploidy (e.g., Down syndrome and trisomy 18) in pregnancy. Options: Pregnancy screening for fetal aneuploidy started in the mid 1960s, using maternal age as the screening test. New developments in maternal serum and ultrasound screening have made it possible to offer all pregnant patients a non-invasive screening test to assess their risk of having a fetus with Down syndrome or trisomy18 to determine whether invasive prenatal diagnosis tests are necessary. This document will review the

Details

ISSN :
17012163
Volume :
29
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....96a2747fcf993ca46493ae81c7032fff
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s1701-2163(16)32379-9