Decisions about amniocentesis by advanced maternal age patients following maternal serum screening may not always correlate clinically with screening results: Need for improvement in informed consent process

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-175

  Marini, Tina ^a   Sullivan, Jan ^a   Naeem, Rizwan ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMA; Amniocentesis; Down syndrome; Informed consent; Multiple marker serum screening

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK;

EID: 0036568971     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10319     Document Type: Article

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