Method and apparatus for antenatal risk assessment for chromosomal abnormalities factoring in maternal age influence
US5840586A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/203332
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a more accurate risk assessment of antenatal screening results because the maternal age of the patient is considered in evaluating the results from various common screening markers, and especially the results from UE determinations.
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