Influence of maternal smoking on the birth prevalence of Down syndrome and on second trimester screening performance

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 893-897

  Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Wald, Nicholas J ^a   Huttly, Wayne ^a   Hackshaw, Allan K ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alphafetoprotein; Down syndrome; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Inhibin A; Maternal smoking; Prenatal screening; Unconjugated estriol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL; INHIBIN A;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; ESTRIOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MEDLINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0036799279     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.440     Document Type: Article

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