ABSTRACT
Down syndrome maternal serum screening is largely used in France. The aim of this article is to specify and to explain the different comments applied on the reports in order to optimize the management of the patient. These comments represent the consensus of the study group of the biologist accredited for Down syndrome maternal serum screening.
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Down Syndrome/blood , Prenatal Diagnosis/methods , Biomarkers/blood , Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human/blood , Consensus , Female , France , Humans , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Trimester, First , Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A/analysis , Risk , alpha-Fetoproteins/analysisABSTRACT
The authors report trace elements concentrations (zinc, nickel, selenium, copper, manganese and chromium) during myocardial infarction described in some publication. Serum zinc decreases during the first two days after acute myocardial infarction and returns to normal level in two weeks. Serum nickel increases during the first 36 hours and copper during the first four days. The different explanations of these disturbances are also exposed.
