An economic evaluation of prenatal strategies for detection of trisomy 18

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1220-1224

  Vintzileos, A M ^a   Ananth, C V ^a   Fisher, A J ^a   Smulian, J C ^a   Day Salvatore, D ^a   Beazoglou, T ^a   Knuppel, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Screening; Trisomy 18

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; BRAIN CYST; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FETUS WASTAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 18;

EID: 0031756915     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70135-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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