Second-trimester pregnancy associated plasma protein-A levels are reduced in Cornelia de Lange syndrome pregnancies

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 706-710

  Aitken, David A ^a   Ireland, Maggie ^b   Berry, Esther ^a   Crossley, Jennifer A ^a   Macri, James N ^c   Burn, John ^b   Connor, J Michael ^a  

^a Medical Genetics   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NTD Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornelia de Lange syndrome; Pregnancy associated plasma protein A; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN A; PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DE LANGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INHIBINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032817937     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199908)19:8<706::AID-PD613>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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