Second-trimester maternal serum screening for Down syndrome in Mainland China [1]

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1271-1273

  Liao, Can ^a   Huang, Yining ^a   Li, Dongzhi ^a   Song, Shuben ^a   Yi, Cuixing ^a   Zhou, Jianying ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MATERNAL AND NEONATAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LETTER; MATERNAL SERUM; MORBIDITY; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TAIWAN; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33845948536     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1599     Document Type: Letter

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