Maternal weight differences do not explain ethnic differences in biochemical screening

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-48

  Bryant Greenwood, Peter K ^a,c   O'Brien, Joseph E ^b   Huang, Xiaohua ^b   Yaron, Yuval ^a   Ayoub, Mazin ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a   Evans, Mark I ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Multiple marker screening; Prenatal diagnosis; Weight adjustments

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY WEIGHT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRIOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031896109     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020801     Document Type: Article

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