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Screening for the aneuploid fetus
1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America
|August 26, 1998
Abstract:
Advances in ultrasound technology have dramatically improved the detection of fetal defects. Although only an invasive test can provide a diagnosis, the incorporation of sonography into current biochemically based screening programs should significantly improve the detection of a host of other physically based fetal abnormalities. This article provides an overview and discussion of the prenatal sonographic features that may suggest the presence of a significant chromosomal abnormality.