Testing for Down syndrome in the older woman: A risky business?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 486-488

  Hodges, Ryan J ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MATERNAL AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ADULT; AGE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33744987912     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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