Biochemical screening for Down syndrome in pregnancies following renal transplantation

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 226-230

  Karidas, C N ^a   Michailidis, G D ^a   Spencer, K ^a,b   Economides, D L ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAROLD WOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFP; Free hCG; Prenatal screening; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CREATININE; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CREATININE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0036131130     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.294     Document Type: Article

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