The double pregnancy test is a bio-chemical screening test which is performed in the first trimester of pregnancy, in order to identify the women presenting a high risk of giving birth to children with genetic congenital or chromosomal malformations.
- High accuracy screening test
- Performance during the first trimester of pregnancy
- Early diagnostics
- Specific investigations
The most important congenital malformations whose risk of occurrence can be evaluated by means of the double test are the chromosomal anomalies related to number, especially Down syndrome (trisomy 21), Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18) and Patau syndrome (trisomy 13), Turner syndrome and triploids.
Together with this, the complementary ultrasound can also detect other congenital malformations.
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