{"id":928,"date":"2020-10-22T12:47:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T10:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.analisiclinichedipiazza.it\/?page_id=928"},"modified":"2023-06-12T10:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T08:06:57","slug":"prenatal-test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.analisiclinichedipiazza.it\/en\/prenatal-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Prenatal Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dr. Giovanni Di Piazza Medical Testing Laboratory carries out the Harmony Prenatal Test, a very precise test that analyses the foetal DNA in the mother\u2019s blood to verify the risk of Down\u2019s Syndrome, i.e. Trisomy 21, and two other genetic pathologies, trisomy 18, or Edwards syndrome, and trisomy 13, or Patau syndrome. The tests also detect the aneuploid of the sexual chromosomes X and Y, and the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Compared to the bio-chemical screenings that might not detect Down\u2019s Syndrome in 15% of pregnant women, Harmony offers a more specific screening for Down\u2019s Syndrome in women of any age and risk group. It is, in fact, a new generation test, based on the research for foetal DNA, which has been amply tested for trisomy 21 in women between 18 and 50 years of age. Laboratory tests have shown that Harmony is capable of identifying the risk of Down\u2019s Syndrome in 99% of the cases, with a rate of false positives of 0.1%. One of the main advantages of Harmony is that it reduces the risk of invasive tests to a minimum thanks to its precision and the low rate of false positives compared to traditional tests.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Comparing Harmony and traditional biochemical Down\u2019s Syndrome tests <\/span><\/b><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFALSE POSITIVE RATE*<\/span><\/td>\nRELIABILITY RATING**<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HARMONY
\nPrenatal Test<\/td>\n		Less than
\n1 out of 1.000<\/td>\n		More than
\n99 out of 100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TRADITIONAL\u00a0
\nfirst trimester screening<\/td>\n		1 out of 20<\/td>\n\n

85 out of 100<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* Detects an elevated risk of Down\u2019s Syndrome when there is actually none<\/span><\/em>
\n ** Correctly detects an elevated risk of Down\u2019s Syndrome when it truly exists\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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How does it work?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Harmony Prenatal Test consists in one single blood sample that can be taken beginning in the tenth week of pregnancy at the Dr. Giovanni Di Piazza Medical Testing Laboratory, having booked an appointment via phone or email. The results will be available in two weeks and an estimate can be requested over the phone or through the contact box<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Who can take the test?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n