Article
[Blood screening for Down's syndrome in women under 35 years of age with an age-independent index].
Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Perinatologie - 1 Jan 2000
Benz R, Müller U, Krahner-Pilat M, Wagner-Geuder S, Terinde R
Abstract excerpt
The need for alternatives to amniocentesis, beset by 1% abortion rate, has been increasingly voiced over the past years and also includes the under 35 age group. However, the known age-dependent screening programs such as Alpha program according to Wald (1988) and the Dermalog Program according t...
Topics
- Adult
- Amniocentesis
- Bayes Theorem
- Chorionic Gonadotropin
- Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human
- Down Syndrome
- Estriol
- Female
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Mass Screening
- Maternal Age
- Peptide Fragments
- Phenotype
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Trimester, Second
- Pregnancy, High-Risk