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Triple Screen or Quad Screen

Also known as: Triple test, AFP Maternal, msAFP, Quad Screen, 4-marker screen
Formal name: Triple Screen – with AFP (alpha-fetoprotein), hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) and uE3 (unconjugated estriol); Quadruple Screen – with the addition of inhibin A
Related tests: hCG, Estrogen, First Trimester Down Syndrome Screen
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This article was last reviewed on March 12, 2007.
 
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