Detect Down syndrome through blood of mother

"The birth rate is affected by what happened a quarter century earlier," says gynecologist Hendrix Came (UZ Brussels). "After the war, in the golden fifties, there was a baby boom in which many children were born from the mid-1980s, there were -.

Partly because of the crisis - Fewer births So now, a quarter century later, even fewer women get those kids. "

Even fewer births in Spain

It is the third year in a row that a decline in births is determined. "However, the number of births is still with us," says Dr Camus. "Our mother is a statistically 1.70 children. The indigenous population is 1.50 and 2.90 in the immigrant population. Elsewhere in Europe, especially in the southern countries, is still a lot less. Spain takes only 1.3 children per mother.

UZ Leuven detects Down syndrome through blood of mother

UZ Leuven has started detecting Down syndrome in fetuses from the maternal blood 

UZ Leuven detects Down syndrome through blood of mother

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UZ Leuven has begun detecting Down syndrome in fetuses. "We are investigating 30 to 40 samples per week," says Erik Legions, head of the Center for Human Genetics. UZ Leuven has previously been accredited by the Belgian government, writes De Morgan.