Assessment of fetal nuchal translucency test for Down's syndrome

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9080, 1997, Pages 754-755

  Neilson, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIQUID; MASS SCREENING; NECK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030885198     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)62562-7     Document Type: Note

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