Prenatal screening for congenital nephrosis in East Finland: Results and impact on the birth prevalence of the disease

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-213

  Heinonen, Seppo ^a   Ryynänen, Markku ^a   Kirkinen, Pertti ^a   Penttilä, Ilkka ^a   Syrjänen, Kari ^a   Seppälä, Markku ^b   Saarikoski, Seppo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

alpha fetoproteins; congenital; nephrosis; prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FINLAND; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0029926669     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199603)16:3<207::AID-PD834>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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