An association between low maternal serum α-fetoprotein and fetal chromosomal abnormalities

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 1984, Pages 886-894

  Merkatz, Irwin R ^a,b,c   Nitowsky, Harold M ^a,b,c   Macri, James N ^a,b,c   Johnson, Walter E ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRISOMY 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRISOMY;

EID: 0021247504     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(84)90530-1     Document Type: Article

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