Screening for trisomy 21 in twin pregnancies in the first trimester: An update of the impact of chorionicity on maternal serum markers

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-52

  Spencer, Kevin ^a,b   Kagan, Karl O ^b,c   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^b  

^a KING GEORGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Free hCG; PAPP A; Prenatal screening; Twins

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

CHORION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DISEASES IN TWINS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A;

EID: 39149135589     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1923     Document Type: Article

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