A Scot who was assessed while in his mother's womb as part of a research trial unwittingly played a part in developing a test which led to his little sister's Down syndrome diagnosis ten years later.
Mum Hazel Toal from Erskine, Renfrewshire said she 'didn't think anything of it' when doctors asked if her unborn baby could be assessed for research purposes in 1998.
Lewis Toal, now 22, had his nuchal fold, an area of fat at the top of his neck, measured as part of the medical research.From the patient studies the Nuchal Fold Test was developed.
This detects Down syndrome as well as life-limiting chromosomal abnormality conditions; Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome.And it was that very test that led to Lewis' youngster sister, Emily
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