Collaborative study of maternal urine β-core human chorionic gonadotrophin screening for Down syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 911-917

  Cuckle, Howard S ^a   Canick, Jacob A ^b   Kellner, Leonard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

core hCG; Down syndrome; Maternal urine; Screening

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CREATININE;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DOWN SYNDROME; EDWARDS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS; URINE LEVEL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032878656     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199910)19:10<911::AID-PD666>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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