Maternal age-specific risk of Down syndrome in an Asian population: A report of the Taiwan Down syndrome screening group

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 675-682

  Sheu, Bor Ching ^a   Shyu, Ming Kwang ^a   Lee, Chien Nan ^a   Kuo, Bo Jein ^b   Tseng, Yun Ying ^c   Hsieh, Fon Jou ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian risk; Down syndrome; Maternal age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DATA BASE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031829577     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199807)18:7<675::AID-PD319>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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