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Only a minority of sex chromosome abnormalities are detected by a national prenatal screening program for Down syndrome
6 Aug 2015
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STUDY QUESTION: How does a national prenatal screening program for Down syndrome (DS) perform in detecting sex chromosome abnormalities (SCAs)-Turner syndrome (TS), Klinefelter syndrome, 47,XXX and 47,XYY syndromes. SUMMARY ANSWER: The SCA detection rate resulting from DS screening was below 50% for all four groups of SCAs. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: The detection rates of SCAs are higher in countries with DS...
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