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Should Amniocentesis Be Done To Confirm Down Syndrome?

QUADRUPLE MARKERS ALPHA FETO PROTEIN 59.20 ng/mL METHOD : CHEMILUMINESCENCE,SEQUENTIAL TWO STEP IMMUNOENZYMATIC ASSAY UNCONJUGATED ESTRIOL 2.12 ng/ml METHOD : CHEMILUMINESCENCE,SOLID PHASE ENZYME LABELED CHEMILUMENESCENT COMPETITIVE IMMUNOASSAY HCG 36022.00 mIU/mL METHOD : CHEMILUMINESCENCE, SOLID PHASE TWO SITE CHEMILUMINESCENCET IMMUNOMETRIC ASSAY INHIBIN A 273.60 pg/mL METHOD : CHEMILUMINESCENCE,SEQUENTIAL TWO STEP IMMUNOENZYMATIC ASSAY MULTIPLE OF MEDIAN (MOM) VALUES (FOETUS 1) AFP MOM 0.96 METHOD : CHEMILUMINESCENCE UNCONJUGATED ESTRIOL MOM VALUES 1.49 HCG MOM 1.97 INHIBIN A MOM 1.23 RISK CALCULATION (FOETUS 1) TRISOMY 21 SCREENING 1:1048 Risk Cut Off 1:250 TRISOMY 18 SCREENING NERUAL TUBE DEFECT SCREENING AGE RISK 1:534 PATIENT SPECIFICATION WEIGHT 58.0 kgs H/O SMOKING unknown H/O INSULIN DEPENDANT DIABETES (TYPE I) unknown H/O IVF unknown ETHNIC ORIGIN Asian MATERNAL AGE AT DELIVERY 33.9 Yrs H/O TRISOMY 21 SCREENING unknown ULTRA SOUND DETAILS DAY OF ULTRASOUND 12/08/2014 GA ON THE DAY OF SERUM COLLECTION (FEOTUS 1) METHOD FOR GESTATION AGE Scan 19.0 wks This is my test report for quad screen ,shud i go for Aminocentesis to confirm down syndrome.
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Down syndrome must be rule out as early as possible.
Down syndrome is earliest diagnosed by amniocentesis with 100% accuracy.
Other methods are there but has less accuracy than amniocentesis.
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Should Amniocentesis Be Done To Confirm Down Syndrome?

Down syndrome must be rule out as early as possible. Down syndrome is earliest diagnosed by amniocentesis with 100% accuracy. Other methods are there but has less accuracy than amniocentesis.