Second trimester levels of maternal serum inhibin A in pregnancies affected by fetal neural tube defects

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 680-682

  Lambert Messerlian, Geralyn M ^a   Palomaki, Glenn E ^b   Canick, Jacob A ^b  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Inhibin; Maternal serum screening; Open spina bifida

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN A;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPINA BIFIDA;

ANENCEPHALY; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MOSAICISM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0033873901     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0223(200008)20:8<680::AID-PD889>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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