Association of ultrasound findings with decision to continue down syndrome pregnancies

Community Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 227-230

  Perry, Sandy ^a   Woodall, Angela L ^a   Pressman, Eva K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Pregnancy termination; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34748902301     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106561     Document Type: Article

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