Twenty-year birth prevalence of Down syndrome in Cape Town, South Africa

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 428-435

  Molteno, Christopher ^a   Smart, Ron ^b   Viljoen, Denis ^b   Sayed, Rauf ^b   Roux, Amanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Cape Mental Health Society   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEGRO; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0031401103     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1997.d01-25.x     Document Type: Article

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