Journal of Medical Screening > Volume 16, Number 1 > Pp. 46-47

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Evaluation of four years of prenatal screening for aneuploidies in Hospital S. Francisco Xavier using the integrated test

Luis Carvalho Rodrigues  , Department of Clinical Pathology, Hospital de S. Francisco Xavier, Lisbon, Portugal

Ana Maria Ramos-Dias , Department of Clinical Pathology, Hospital de S. Francisco Xavier, Lisbon, Portugal

Valerio Carvalho , Department of Obstetrics, Hospital de S. Francisco Xavier, Lisbon, Portugal

Fernando Cirurgiao , Department of Obstetrics, Hospital de S. Francisco Xavier, Lisbon, Portugal

Correspondence to: Luis Carvalho Rodrigues, Serviço de Patologia Clinica – Hospital de S. Francisco Xavier Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque – 1495-005 Lisbon, Portugal; luis_rod{at}netcabo.pt

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We report an audit of our Prenatal Screening Programme for aneuploidies between March 2003 and August 2007. Overall detection and false positive rates were 86% and 3.6%, respectively. These results are similar to those predicted by the Serum, Urine and Ultrasound Screening Study (SURUSS).

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