Serum free β-HCG and alpha-fetoprotein levels in IVF, ICSI and frozen embryo transfer pregnancies in maternal mid-trimester serum screening for Down's syndrome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 481-484

  Raty R ^a   Virtanen, A ^c   Koskinen, P ^b   Anttila, L ^a,d   Forsstrom J ^a   Laitinen, P ^e   Morsky P ^f   Tiitinen, A ^g   Ekblad, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^d Family Federation of Finland   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

AFP; Down's syndrome; FET; ICSI; IVF; HCG

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FROZEN SECTION; GENETIC SCREENING; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; OVULATION INDUCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036177292     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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