Racial variation in incidence of trisomy 21: Survey of 57,742 Chinese deliveries

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 386-388

  Lau, T K ^a   Fung, Hedy Y M ^a   Rogers, Michael S ^a   Cheung, K L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Racial difference; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DELIVERY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0032477861     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980203)75:4<386::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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