Invasive trophoblast antigen (hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin) as a first-trimester serum marker for Down syndrome

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1276-1279

  Weinans, Martin J N ^a   Sancken, Ulrich ^b   Pandian, Raj ^c   Van De Ouweland, Jody M W ^a   De Bruijn, Henk W A ^a   Holm, Jozien P ^a   Mantingh, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROTEIN A; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL AGE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TROPHOBLAST; URINE LEVEL; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 23444441482     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.048751     Document Type: Article

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