Unconjugated estriol as maternal serum marker for the detection of down syndrome pregnancies

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-105

  David, M ^a   Merksamer, R ^a   Israel, N ^a   Dar, H ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Maternal serum chorionic gonadotropin; Maternal serum fetoprotein; Unconjugated estriol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRIOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030063798     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264287     Document Type: Article

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