Correlation of marker values in Down's syndrome screening: The effect of dating error

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 460-467

  Dunstan, F D J ^a   Iles, T C ^a   Nix, A B J ^a   Williams, K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; fetoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032810835     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329903600409     Document Type: Article

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