A prospective study on the effect of rapid aneuploidy testing (amnio-PCR) on anxiety levels and quality of life measures in women and their partners with positive down screening result

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-169

  Leung, W C ^a,b   Lau, E T ^b   Ngai, C ^b   Lam, H ^a,b   Leung, K Y ^b   Lee, C P ^b   Lao, T T ^c   Tang, M H Y ^b  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy testing; Anxiety; Down syndrome; Karyotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 50049103153     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151332     Document Type: Article

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