Are down syndrome fetuses detected through maternal serum screening similar to those remaining undetected?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 437-442

  Christiaens, G C M L ^a   Hagenaars, A M ^b   Akkerman, C ^a   De France, H F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Clinical geneticist Clinical Genetic Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defect; Down syndrome; Serum screening

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOWN SYNDROME; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029898218     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199605)16:5<437::AID-PD889>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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