The Importance of Genetic Counseling before Amniocentesis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 352-359

  Cohn, Gabriel M ^a   Gould, Margot ^b   Miller, Richard C ^b   Habecker Green, Julia ^b   Macri, Charles J ^b   Gimovsky, Martin L ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOCENTESIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030227146     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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