The importance of gestational age in first trimester, maternal urine MALDI-Tof MS screening tests for Down Syndrome

• DOI: 10.29328/journal.apb.1001008
• Publication Date: 2020-01-21T05:45:02Z
• Authors: Iles Ray K; K Nicolaides; RJ Pais; R Zmuidinaite; S Keshavarz; LCY Poon; SA Butler
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine

Background: The proposal that MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry could be used as a direct, rapid and affordable diagnostic tool in clinical laboratory medicine has moved from theoretical possibility to reality for Microbiology. Several studies have proposed the application of this technology obstetric gynaecological evaluation patients. In particular, we adoption examination maternal pregnancy urine samples detection Downs syndrome.