Using a cutoff risk of 1 in 270 as positive screen for trisomy 21,Kaminsky and colleagues noted that the addition of the nuchal fold measurement improved the reported sensitivity of the Quad test ...

This test, also called the Nuchal Fold Scan, is a prenatal screening test designed to help your healthcare professional access your baby’s risk for chromosomal abnormalities such as Down Syndrome.

First-trimester screening for Down's syndrome that includes the use of ultrasonography to assess nuchal translucency has become widespread since its introduction by Nicolaides and colleagues in ...

The presence of multiple sonographic markers during the second trimester is associated with a higher risk for trisomy 21 compared ... the presence of ventriculomegaly, increased nuchal fold, ...

The first trimester screen won't harm you or your baby. A technician will take a quick blood sample from your arm or fingertip. The nuchal translucency screening is a normal ultrasound.

Although an ultrasound detected an increased nuchal fold thickness in the second trimester, the pregnancy was otherwise uncomplicated. Parvovirus should be considered as a possible etiology of ...

Over the past five years, first-trimester screening approaches have been developed. The use of maternal age and levels of two biochemical analytes — pregnancy-associated plasma protein A and the ...

The aim of this study was to examine fetal and neonatal outcomes in the setting of nuchal translucency (NT) ⩾3 mm at routine first-trimester screening. A nested case-series study within a ...

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