Down syndrome and neural tube defect screening: The value of using gestational age by ultrasonography

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1056-1061

  Benn, P A ^a   Borgida, A ^a   Horne, D ^a   Briganti, S ^a   Collins, R ^a   Rodis, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amniocentesis; Down syndrome; maternal serum screening; open neural tube defects; fetoprotein and related analytes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030950264     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70402-2     Document Type: Article

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