Are nuchal translucency, pregnancy associated plasma protein-A or free-β-human chorionic gonadotropin depending on maternal age? A multicenter study of 8,116 pregnancies

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-262

  Schmidt, Peter ^a,d   Pruggmayer, Michael ^b   Steinborn, Andrea ^c   Schippert, Cordula ^a   Staboulidou, Ismini ^a   Hillemanns, Peter ^a   Scharf, Alexander ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Center for Prenatal Diagnostic and Human Genetics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547191134     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0342-4     Document Type: Article

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