OSCAR test?

Hi, I'm currently 10 weeks pregnant and my gynae has sent me to do an OSCAR test 2 weeks later and subsequently a NIPT test at 14 weeks (due to vanishing twin, I'm doing the NIPT test later). I have read that the OSCAR test often give false positives, in that case, why gynae even bother to still do OSCAR test? By the way I'm 38 so kinda high risk and worried now.

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Maybe because NIPT can’t see the structural abnormalities , I mean they don’t test that. If you go for both tests, end results may be the same which is finding the risk of DS, however oscar can see if there is any structural abnormalities.

Anonymous

3y ago

oh yes, thanks, I didn't know that.

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