Results of 12 years' combined maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening and ultrasound fetal monitoring for prenatal detection of fetal malformations in Havana City, Cuba

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-304

  Rodriguez L ^b   Sanchez R ^b   Hernandez J ^b   Carrillo, L ^b   Oliva, J ^b   Heredero, L ^a  

^a National Center of Medical Genetics   (Cuba)

^b Department of Medical Genetics   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid alpha fetoprotein; Congenital malformations; Maternal serum alpha fetoprotein screening; Neural tube defects; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CUBA; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CUBA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1842301025     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199704)17:4<301::AID-PD969>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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