Low MSAFP levels and Williams syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 448-450

  Chodirker, Bernard N ^a,b   Greenberg, Cheryl R ^a   Giddins, Niels G ^a   Dawson, Angelika J ^a   Evans, Jane A ^a   Chudley, Albert E ^a  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elastin; Maternal serum alpha fetoprotein (MSAFP); Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ELASTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0030734599     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971112)72:4<448::AID-AJMG14>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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