Trends in state/population-based Down syndrome screening and invasive prenatal testing with the introduction of first-trimester combined Down syndrome screening, South Australia, 1995-2005

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315.e1-315.e7

  Muller, Peter R ^a   Cocciolone, Robert ^a   Haan, Eric A ^a   Wilkinson, Chris ^a   Scott, Heather ^a   Sage, Leonie ^b   Bird, Renata ^a   Hutchinson, Rhonda ^a   Chan, Annabelle ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Pregnancy Outcome Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

aneuploidy; Down syndrome; first trimester combined screening; prenatal diagnosis; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33947703072     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.01.037     Document Type: Article

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