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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Francesco Orlandi, Palermo, IT;
David Krantz, Bayside, NY (US);
Inventors:
Francesco Orlandi, Palermo, IT;
David Krantz, Bayside, NY (US);
Assignee:
NTD Laboratories, Inc., Huntington Station, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/06 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of assessing a pregnant woman's risk of having a fetus with a fetal abnormality by determining the fetus' BPD/OFD ratio and using the BPD/OFD ratio in conjunction with one or more other screening markers for the fetal abnormality. Also provided is a method of determining whether a pregnant woman is screen-positive or screen-negative by comparing the BPD/OFD ratio of the pregnant woman's fetus to a risk cut-off level.