Estimating the spontaneous loss of Down syndrome fetuses between the times of chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis and livebirth

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1045-1054

  Bray, Isabelle C ^a   Wright, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Chorionic villus sampling; Down syndrome; Logistic regression; Spontaneous loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031736506     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(1998100)18:10<1045::AID-PD403>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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