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) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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.