What Does the Down Syndrome Screening Test Check? What Main Tests Are Conducted?

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What does the Down Syndrome screening test check? What main tests are conducted?

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The Down Syndrome screening test involves extracting blood from the pregnant woman, separating the serum, and testing it to calculate the risk coefficient of giving birth to a child with congenital defects. The best time for conducting the Down Syndrome screening test is between the 9th to 14th week.