Compromise ultrasound dating policy in maternal serum screening for Down syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1181-1184

  Rahim, R R ^a,c   Cuckle, H S ^a   Sehmil, I K ^a   Jones, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Reproductive Epidemiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Maternal serum; Screening; Ultrasound dating

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRIOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATERNAL SERUM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ESTRIOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036941402     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.474     Document Type: Article

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