Re: AFP -- How often...

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AFP Quad test will pick up 80% of Down's syndrome, Triple test picks up about 66-70%. Based upon age, this may be as little as one in several thousand (risk may be 1 in 1000 depending upon age and if 1 in 5 is missed, that's one in 5000 - stats change for differnt ages).

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
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