Researchers provide a comprehensive overview of prenatal screening for fetal aneuploidies, including traditional serum screening, ultrasound imaging, and cell-free DNA testing. A 37-year-old pregnant ...

Screening for preeclampsia in the first trimester with the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF)’s model—which considers not only clinical characteristics but also additional factors like biomarkers and ...

Purpose: The study purpose was to examine the consequences of using dried blood spots rather than fresh sera in first-trimester Down syndrome screening. Methods: We collected and compared human ...

A new screening algorithm for preeclampsia combining maternal history, ultrasound data and several tests for blood markers may better predict the majority of preeclampsia cases in the first trimester ...

(HealthDay News) — The introduction of combined first-trimester screening correlated with an increase in chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and a decrease in amniocentesis, while both CVS and ...

They can reveal valuable health information about you and your baby, but some come with more considerations than others. Credit...Maggie Chiang Supported by By Emily Mullin This guide was originally ...