Current controversies in prenatal diagnosis 2: Down syndrome screening: is ultrasound better than cell-free nucleic acids in maternal blood?

Prenat Diagn. 2011 Mar;31(3):231-4. doi: 10.1002/pd.2681. Epub 2011 Feb 10.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Blood Chemical Analysis / methods
  • Blood Chemical Analysis / standards
  • Cell-Free System / chemistry
  • Consensus
  • Dissent and Disputes*
  • Down Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Mothers
  • Nucleic Acids / analysis
  • Nucleic Acids / blood*
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Diagnosis / methods
  • Prenatal Diagnosis / trends*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal / standards

Substances

  • Nucleic Acids