Occult inflammation and/or ischemia may be responsible for the false positivity of biochemical Down syndrome screening test

GÜVEN, SÜLEYMAN; KARAHAN, SÜLEYMAN; KANDEMIR, Omer; UCAR, Utku; CORA, Ayfer; Bozkaya, HASAN

doi:10.1515/jpm.2010.062

Occult inflammation and/or ischemia may be responsible for the false positivity of biochemical Down syndrome screening test

GÜVEN S., KARAHAN S. C., KANDEMIR O., UCAR U., CORA A. O., Bozkaya H.

JOURNAL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE, cilt.38, sa.4, ss.367-371, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2010
Doi Numarası: 10.1515/jpm.2010.062
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.367-371
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: To determine the possible underlying cause of a false-positive first or second trimester biochemical Down syndrome screening test result by means of second trimester amniotic fluid cytokine level analysis.