Update and review: Maternal serum screening

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-417

  Ormond, Kelly E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Maternal serum screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001382936     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025648926821     Document Type: Article

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