Maternal serum screening for fetal Down syndrome in IVF pregnancies

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-38

  Ribbert, L S M ^a   Kornman, L H ^a   De Wolf, B T H M ^a   Simons, A H M ^a   Jansen, C A M ^b   Beekhuis, J R ^a   Mantingh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Diaconessenhuis Voorburg ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; In vitro fertilization; Serum screening

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030052821     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199601)16:1<35::AID-PD805>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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