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Noninvasive screening in early pregnancy reduces Down's births by 50 percent

Noninvasive screening of pregnant women with ultrasound early in pregnancy, combined with maternal blood analysis, has reduced the number of children born in Denmark with Down syndrome by 50 percent.

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