First trimester screening for Down's syndrome after assisted reproductive technology: non-male factor infertility is associated with elevated free beta-human chorionic gonadotropin levels at 10-14 weeks of gestation

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作者
Anckaert, Ellen [1 ]
Schiettecatte, Johan [1 ]
Sleurs, Elke [2 ]
Devroey, Paul [3 ]
Smitz, Johan [1 ]
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[1] Univ Ziekenhuis Brussel, Lab Hormonol & Tumour Markers, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
[2] Univ Ziekenhuis Brussel, Dept Maternal Fetal Med, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
[3] Univ Ziekenhuis Brussel, Ctr Reprod Med, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
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10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.050
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R71 [妇产科学];
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100211 ;
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We retrospectively compared the first trimester Down's syndrome serum screening markers free beta-hCG (f beta hCG) and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) at 11-14 weeks of gestation in 4,088 women with naturally conceived pregnancies and in women pregnant after ICSI (n = 163), IVF (n = 59) and frozen-thawed embryo transfer (n = 31), and we searched for a potential relationship between infertility cause and marker levels. We found lower serum PAPP-A levels in pregnancies after IVF and ICSI compared with spontaneously conceived pregnancies and non-male factor infertility was associated with elevated serum f beta hCG levels at 11-14 weeks of gestation.
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