“…The performance of screening can be improved by the addition of maternal serum biochemistry, but appropriate adjustments are needed for chorionicity (Sepulveda, et al, 1996). In dichorionic twins at 11 to 13 weeks, the levels of maternal serum free β-hCG and PAPP-A are about twice as high as in singleton pregnancies, but in monochorionic twins the levels are lower than in dichorionic twins Nicolaides, 2000, 2003;Spencer et al, 2008;Linskens et al, 2009).…”