Down syndrome screening in multiple pregnancies

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-96

  Matias, Alexandra ^a   Montenegro, Nuno ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

AMNIOCENTESIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DOWN SYNDROME; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS RISK; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STANDARD; TRISOMY 21; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORION; DISEASES IN TWINS; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 11844251377     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2004.10.001     Document Type: Review

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