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PRENATAL SCREENING FOR DOWN'S SYNDROME WITH USE OF MATERNAL SERUM MARKERS pp.1028-1029
Published Date 1992/11/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1543901330
  • Abstract

Abstract Background. Approximately 35 percent of all cases of Down's syndrome in fetuses can be detected by measuring maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein during the second trimester in the general population of pregnant women. Recent case-control studies indicate that this detection rate could be approximately doubled by measuring serum levels of unconjugated estriol and chorionic gonadotropin, which are abnormally low and abnormally high, respectively, in women carrying fetuses affected by Down's syndrome.

Methods. We prospectively screened 25,207 women and adolescentsin the second trimester of pregnancy and assigned each a risk of fetalDown's syndrome with an algorithm that took into account measurements of all three serum markers in combination with maternal age. On this basis, 1661 subjects (6.6 percent) were initially assigned asecond-trimester risk of fetal Down's syndrome of at least 1 in 190, and 962 (3.8 percent) were offered amniocentesis for chromosomalanalysis after verification of gestational age. Gestational age wasdetermined on the basis of the first day of the last menstrual period or, when available, by ultrasonography.


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電子版ISSN 1882-1375 印刷版ISSN 0301-2611 医学書院

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