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Individualized correction for maternal weight in calculating the risk of chromosomal abnormalities with first-trimester screening data.
Ultraschall in der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany : 1980) - 1 Feb 2011
Merz E, Thode C, Eiben B, Faber R, Hackelöer B J, Huesgen G, Pruggmaier M, Wellek S
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AIM: In the algorithm developed by the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) Germany designed to evaluate the findings of routine first-trimester screening, the false-positive rate (FPR) was determined for the entire study group without stratification by maternal weight. Based on the data received from the continuous audit we were able to identify an increase in the FPR for the weight-related subgroups of patients,...
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