A 41-year-old member asked:
how accurate are blood tests for down syndrome on a newborn?
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Dr. Derrick Lonsdale answered
73 years experience Preventive Medicine
Very: An analysis of the cellular chromosome complement is diagnostic but the clinical appearance is typical.
Answered on Sep 25, 2015
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