This will take effect June 23, 2014
Overview and Clinical Utility:
Effective June 23, 2014, PathGroup will be insourcing maternal serum screening, integrated, to evaluate the risk for Down’s syndrome, Trisomy 18 and Open Spina Bifida. First specimen should be collected in the first trimester between 11 weeks and 13 weeks 6 days and Crown-Rump length (CRL) must be 4.2-8.5 cm. The second specimen should be collected in second trimester between 15 weeks and 18 weeks 6 days (optimal collection time frame) but can be collected until 21 weeks 6 days. Preliminary report after the first specimen will only have PAPP-A with final interpretation pending second specimen submission.
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