Maternal serum β-hCG levels in screening for Down syndrome are higher in singleton pregnancies achieved with ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination than in spontaneous singleton pregnancies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1075-1077

  Räty, Raija ^a   Virtanen, Arja ^b   Koskinen, Pertti ^a   Anttila, Leena ^a   Laitinen, Päivi ^c   Tiitinen, Aila ^d   Ekblad, Ulla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MASS SCREENING; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0347898010     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02831-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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