Maternal serum inhibin-A levels in twin pregnancies: Implications for screening for Down's syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 927-929

  Watt, H C ^a   Wald, N J ^a   George, L ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Inhibin A; Maternal serum screening; Twins

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DISEASES IN TWINS; DOWN SYNDROME; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029798013     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199610)16:10<927::AID-PD972>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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