title: Making sense of maternal serum screening.
abstract: Maternal serum screening (the 'triple test') is used to screen for Down's syndrome in pregnancy. This paper discusses the test and implications for practitioners.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lindsay
mesh_terms: D000649:Amniocentesis; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D004964:Estriol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D004964:Estriol