Regional variations in neural tube defects and alfa-fetoprotein screening in Denmark 1983-88

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 620-623

  Jacobsen, Peter ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alfa fetoprotein; Epidemiology; Neural tube defects; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DENMARK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCREENING;

EID: 0029784020     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609054685     Document Type: Article

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