First‐trimester screening for trisomy 21 in Denmark: implications for detection and birth rates of trisomy 18 and trisomy 13

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OBJECTIVES: In Denmark a new national guideline for prenatal screening and diagnosis was issued in 2004 according to which all pregnant women should be offered a first-trimester combined risk assessment for trisomy 21 (T21). The aim of this study was to investigate whether the new screening strategy for T21 has changed the gestational age at which trisomy 18 (T18) and trisomy 13 (T13) are diagnosed prenatally,...

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