Effect of maternal age curve on the predicted detection rate in maternal serum screening for Down syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1127-1130

  Cuckle, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Maternal serum; Second trimester

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRIOL; INHIBIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; META ANALYSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; ESTRIOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031760694     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199811)18:11<1127::AID-PD419>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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