Influence of cigarette-smoking on the result of the triple test

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 188-190

  Hafner, E ^a,b   Stangl, G ^a   Rosen, A ^a   Schuchter, K ^a   Plattner, M ^a   Philipp, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b Gyn Geburtshilfliche Abteilung   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Triple test; HCG

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRIOL; HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CALCULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0032968747     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010091     Document Type: Article

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