Down syndrome screening using race-specific femur length

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 977-979

  Borgida, Adam F ^a   Zelop, Carolyn ^a   DeRoche, Michael ^a   Bolnick, Alan ^a   Egan, James F X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy screening; Down syndrome; Fetal biometry

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMUR; FETUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL RACE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING;

EID: 0242593816     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00657-4     Document Type: Article

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