BBC: Foetal screening 'misses defects'


	BBC: Foetal screening 'misses defects'

righthand

6-2-2008 9:06 AM

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Some tests which sample the fluid around the baby can cause miscarriage.

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				<DIV class="cap">Pregnant women are offered a number of tests</DIV>
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<B>Tests used in pregnancy only pick up half of potential chromosomal abnormalities, Italian research warns.</B></P></TD></TR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7427523.stm">The team behind the work told a European genetics conference that women needed more information about their limitations, and the risks involved.
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7427523.stm">Some tests which sample the fluid around the baby can cause miscarriage</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7427523.stm"><P>The Royal College of Midwives said that the UK focused on a small number of common defects, with high quality information for women.
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			<B>The tests do not even detect 100% of the common abnormalities</B>
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	<DIV>Dr Francesca Grati<BR />TOMA Laboratory, Italy</DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7427523.stm">Perhaps the best known example of a chromosomal abnormality is Down's syndrome, in which the foetus has an extra copy of one of the chromosomes</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7427523.stm">It leads to babies who have development problems, a higher rate of cardiac defects and a characteristic facial appearance, although with the support of modern medicine, people with Down's can live in excess of 50 years</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8435332C-7C4C-474B-9100-289C3BE3D28E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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