Use of Placental Growth Factor for Trisomy 21 Screening in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review

Background Prenatal serum screening is an important modality to screen for aneuploidy in pregnancy. The addition of placental growth factor (PLGF) to screen for trisomy 21 remains controversial. Objective To determine whether the addition of PLGF to combined serum aneuploidy screening imp...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Badeghiesh, Alexander Volodarsky-Perel, Ariane Lasry, Robert Hemmings, Yaron Gil, Jacques Balayla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2020-07-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1713785