Amniotic fluid human chorionic gonadotrophin and alpha-fetoprotein levels in pregnancies conceived after assisted reproduction

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 484-487

  Hui, P W ^a,b   Lam, Y H ^a   Tang, M H Y ^a   Ng, E H Y ^a   Yeung, W S B ^a   Ho, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AFP; Amniotic fluid; Assisted reproduction; hCG

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 0038799908     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.625     Document Type: Article

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