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A pregnant woman has come to you for counseling. She is in her late forties and she is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy. She has had a difficult pregnancy and is very worried about having a miscarriage. She has come to you to determine whether her child will be born with Down Syndrome.
a. Explain what tests you would suggest she have that could answer her question,
b. Explain to her why you would recommend these tests.
c. What results would you expect from these tests if the fetus does indeed have Down syndrome?
A pregnant woman has come to you for counseling. She is in her late forties and she is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy. She has had a difficult pregnancy and is very worried about having a miscarriage. She has come to you to determine whether her child will be born with Down Syndrome.
a. Explain what tests you would suggest she have that could answer her question,
b. Explain to her why you would recommend these tests.
c. What results would you expect from these tests if the fetus does indeed have Down syndrome?
Bunny GreenfelderLv2
2 Jun 2019