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First-trimester nuchal translucency and maternal serum free beta-hCG and PAPP-A can detect triploidy and determine the parental origin.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Jun 2004
Yaron Yuval, Ochshorn Yifat, Tsabari Sigal, Shira Anat Bar
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the levels of first-trimester screening markers in triploid pregnancies and to determine the parental origin of triploidy. STUDY DESIGN: During the five-year study period, 12322 patients with singleton pregnancies underwent combined first-trimester screening using nuchal translucency (NT) and maternal serum free beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (free beta-hCG) and pregnancy associated...
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