Maternal serum screening for Down syndrome in the United States: A 1995 survey

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1046-1051

  Palomaki, G E ^a   Knight, G J ^a   McCarthy, J E ^a   Haddow, J E ^a   Donhowe, J M ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; human chorionic gonadotropin; Prenatal screening; unconjugated estriol; fetoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESTRIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031000519     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70400-9     Document Type: Article

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