{"id":3664,"date":"2020-02-14T15:57:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T13:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2023-05-04T15:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T12:05:27","slug":"progenetikos-elegxos-syndromo-down-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/progenetikos-elegxos-syndromo-down-article\/","title":{"rendered":"PREGNANCY TEST FOR DOWN SYNDROME"},"content":{"rendered":"

By prenatal examination<\/strong> for\u00a0Down Syndrome\u00a0<\/strong>we try to examine if the fetus exhibits this syndrome as early as possible in pregnancy.<\/p>\n

With the screening exams<\/strong> we do not get a definitive answer to the question of whether the fetus has Down syndrome, but an estimate of the likelihood that this will happen. If these probabilities are judged to be relatively high, then further testing with the so-called Diagnostic examinations. <\/strong>These tests give us a clear result, that is, the answer we receive is: the fetus has Down Syndrome or not. The process of these tests involves obtaining genetic material of the fetus with its procedure amniocentesis<\/strong> or download trophoblast<\/strong>. This material is examined and the relevant conclusions are drawn.<\/p>\n

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During pregnancy, in the blood of the expectant mother is found not only her own DNA, but also of the fetus, which also circulates freely. The <\/span>fetal DNA<\/strong> this is called<\/span> extracellular<\/strong> . With test methods we can draw conclusions about the sex of the fetus, the Rhesus group and if the fetus suffers from:<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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  • Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Trisomy 18<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Trisomy 13<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The fetal DNA test<\/strong> It can be used by expectant mothers who have no particular risk factors and want to know how likely their fetus is to be affected by one of the most common trisomies, without running the risk of miscarriage given by CVS and amniocentesis.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    With the Prenatal Test for Down Syndrome we try to examine if the fetus shows this syndrome, as early as possible in pregnancy. Screening tests do not provide a definitive answer to the question of whether the fetus has Down syndrome, but an estimate of the likelihood that this will happen. If these probabilities are judged, how [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,428],"tags":[275,273],"class_list":["post-3664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-35","category-428","tag-275","tag--down"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dralexandrostraianos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}