The relationship between maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and maternal haemoglobin

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 609-612

  Bartha, Jose L ^a,b   Omar, Kiria M ^a   Soothill, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Down syndrome; Haemoconcentration; Maternal anaemia; Maternal haemoglobin; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANEMIA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 4243120860     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.921     Document Type: Article

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