Discovery of novel serum biomarkers for prenatal Down syndrome screening by integrative data mining.

BACKGROUND: To facilitate the experimental search for novel maternal serum biomarkers in prenatal Down Syndrome screening, we aimed to create a set of candidate biomarkers using a data mining approach. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Because current screening markers are derived from either fetal li...

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Main Authors: Jeroen L A Pennings, Maria P H Koster, Wendy Rodenburg, Peter C J I Schielen, Annemieke de Vries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2777317?pdf=render