An economic evaluation of first-trimester genetic sonography for prenatal detection of down syndrome

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 535-539

  Vintzileos, Anthony M ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^b   Fisher, Allan J ^a   Smulian, John C ^a,b   Day Salvatore, Debra ^c   Beazoglou, Tryfon ^d  

^a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^b Ctr for Perinatal Hlth Initiatives   (United States)

^c Division of Clinical Genetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032054890     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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