Maternal serum free β-hCG at 10 to 14 weeks of gestation in trisomic twin pregnancies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 741-743

  Noble, P L ^a   Snijders, R J M ^a   Abraha, H D ^a   Sherwood, R A ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS KARYOTYPING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DISEASES IN TWINS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030999335     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11989.x     Document Type: Article

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