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Article: Prenatal screening tests facilitate risk assessment. (Cover Story).
- Article from:
- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
- Author:
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Knowledge often provides the power to positively influence outcomes. One of our nation's health goals for the new millennium as articulated in the document Healthy People 2010 is improved maternal, infant and child well-being.(1) There are many ways to accomplish this goal; one means is by increasing maternal understanding of testing available during pregnancy. Informed mothers can hope to have healthier babies. The development and application of new assays and technologies for prenatal screening provide more accurate assessment of risk for birth defects. Integration of screening results from first and second trimester testing offers a higher detection rate, with much ...
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