TY - JOUR
T1 - First and second trimester evaluation of risk for fetal aneuploidy
T2 - The secondary outcomes of the FASTER Trial
AU - D'Alton, Mary
AU - Cleary-Goldman, Jane
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - The FASTER Trial was a multicenter National Institute of Child Health and Human Development sponsored study of Down syndrome screening in a large unselected obstetric population using first and second trimester maternal serum markers and first trimester nuchal translucency sonography. The following paper will describe the FASTER Trial. It will review the outcomes of pregnancies complicated by cystic hygroma and the FASTER Trial's findings regarding first trimester nasal bone ultrasonography and screening for aneuploidy. Although the study's first and foremost goal was to compare various first and second trimester methods of screening for Down syndrome, the FASTER Trial has revealed a wealth of information not only on screening for aneuploidy but also on other obstetric issues.
AB - The FASTER Trial was a multicenter National Institute of Child Health and Human Development sponsored study of Down syndrome screening in a large unselected obstetric population using first and second trimester maternal serum markers and first trimester nuchal translucency sonography. The following paper will describe the FASTER Trial. It will review the outcomes of pregnancies complicated by cystic hygroma and the FASTER Trial's findings regarding first trimester nasal bone ultrasonography and screening for aneuploidy. Although the study's first and foremost goal was to compare various first and second trimester methods of screening for Down syndrome, the FASTER Trial has revealed a wealth of information not only on screening for aneuploidy but also on other obstetric issues.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=23644431888&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1053/j.semperi.2005.06.006
DO - 10.1053/j.semperi.2005.06.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 16104675
AN - SCOPUS:23644431888
SN - 0146-0005
VL - 29
SP - 240
EP - 246
JO - Seminars in Perinatology
JF - Seminars in Perinatology
IS - 4
ER -