Prenatal testing for genetic disorders among Arabs

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-224

  Zlotogora, Joël ^a,b   Reshef, Nurit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Arabs; Chorionic villus sampling; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC DISORDER; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOGENIC DISORDER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ARABS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031887356     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199803)18:3<219::AID-PD241>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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