The effect of thermal instability of intact human chorionic gonadotropin (ihcg) on the application of its free β‐subunit (free βhcg) as a serum marker in down syndrome screening

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 731-738

  Sancken, U ^a   Bahner, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; free hCG; maternal serum screening; thermal instability

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; IODOACETATES; IODOACETIC ACID; KINETICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0028984470     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1970150808     Document Type: Article

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