| Literature DB >> 20552746 |
Charlotte Kvist Ekelund1, Hans Jakob Andersen, Jeanette Christensen, Vibeke Ersbak, Richard Farlie, Carsten Henriques, Anni Holmskov, Lisa Neerup Jensen, Finn Stener Jørgensen, Anette Hessellund, Torben Larsen, Annette Wind Olesen, Olav Bjørn Pedersen, Hedvig Poulsen, Jan Ramb, Lillian Skibsted, Peter Skovbo, Steffen Sommer, Lene Sperling, Karin Sundberg, Susanne Vemmelund Juul, Helle Zingenberg, Ann Tabor.
Abstract
In 2004 The Danish National Board of Health introduced a new guideline regarding prenatal screening. All pregnant women are now offered a Down's syndrome risk assessment. The new guideline has had an impact on the number of invasive early prenatal procedures. The number of procedures fell by 50% from 2000 to 2006. 90% of the foetuses with Down's syndrome are detected prenatally. Denmark is one of the first countries in the world in which risk assessment for Down's syndrome has been successfully implemented at a national level.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20552746
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ugeskr Laeger ISSN： 0041-5782