Maternal urinary β-core hCG in chromosomally abnormal pregnancies in the first trimester

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-139

  Kornman, L H ^a   Morssink, L P ^a   Wortelboer, M J M ^a   Beekhuis, J R ^a   De Wolf, B T H M ^a   Pratt, J J ^a   Mantingh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome screening; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Urinary core hCG; Urine analysis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MONOSOMY X; MOSAICISM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONOSOMY; MOSAICISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRISOMY; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031052569     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199702)17:2<135::AID-PD41>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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