Towards a national programme for prenatal screening for Down's syndrome;Naar een landelijk programma voor prenatale screening op downsyndroom

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 50, 2005, Pages 2770-2772

  Wildschut, H I J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL SCREENING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29144470627     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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