Rates of down syndrome at livebirth by one-year maternal age intervals in studies with apparent close to complete ascertainment in populations of European origin: A proposed revised rate schedule for use in genetic and prenatal screening

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 376-385

  Hecht, Christina August ^a,b   Hook, Ernest B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Chromosome abnormality; Down syndrome; Genetic counseling; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; EUROPE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029962303     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960424)62:4<376::AID-AJMG10>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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