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Detection of sex chromosome abnormalities by nuchal translucency screening at 10–14 weeks
1 Jun 1998
Abstract excerpt
At 10-14 weeks of gestation more than 80 per cent of fetuses affected by trisomy 21 can be detected by a screening programme based on a combination of maternal age and fetal nuchal translucency thickness (NT). The screen positive group in such a programme also identifies fetuses with sex chromosome abnormalities. In this ongoing multicentre screening study, involving 61,972 singleton pregnancies, 53 cases of sex...
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