Clinic Inaugurates Advanced Screening Test for Pregnant Women
EHA Clinics, an integrated health care provider, has introduced an advanced screening test for pregnant women which estimates the risk of a foetus with Down’s syndrome (T21), Edward’s syndrome (T18) and Patau’s syndrome(T13).
This is contained in a statement issued by Mary Yakubu, Chief of Staff of EHA Clinics, in Abuja on Tuesday made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The advanced screening is known as IONA® Care test, a non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) service carried out on a small blood sample taken from the mother’s arm with no risk of miscarriage.
Yakubu said this is an ultrasound scan to measure the nuchal translucency (NT), combined with a blood test.
“This is less accurate than NIPT, detecting about 85 per cent of babies with Down’s syndrome,’’ she said....
