Total amount of circulating human chorionic gonadotrophin α and β subunits in first trimester trisomies 21 and 18

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Jauniaux, E ^a,b   Nicolaides, K H ^a   Nagy, A M ^b   Brizot, M ^a   Meuris, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0030069460     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1480027     Document Type: Article

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