Advantages of the Quadruple Screen over noninvasive prenatal testing.
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- Report
- Authors
- Keller NA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Albany Medical Center 16 New Scotland Avenue Second Floor, MC-74 Albany New York 12208.; Rijshinghani A; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Albany Medical Center 16 New Scotland Avenue Second Floor, MC-74 Albany New York 12208.
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- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101620385 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 2050-0904 (Print) Linking ISSN: 20500904 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Clin Case Rep Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is becoming increasingly popular with some offering it as a primary screen option in all patients in place of serum screening. Serum screening offers insight into placental function, which NIPT does not. Abnormal levels of analytes in the serum screen have been associated with pregnancy complications.