An Atlanta health partnership will be the first in the Southeast to offer a new prenatal test that can more accurately detect genetic conditions like Down syndrome in unborn babies.
Some pregnant women may undergo invasive procedures to rule out genetic disorders in their unborn babies. Doctors want to reduce the number of women who may receive these invasive tests unnecessarily.
That’s why Northside Hospital and Atlanta Perinatal Consultants have partnered to offer a new prenatal test.
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