Twenty-year trends in prevalence and survival of Down syndrome

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1336-1340

  Irving, Claire ^a   Basu, Anna ^b   Richmond, Sam ^c   Burn, John ^d   Wren, Christopher ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL SERUM; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 54549099195     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.122     Document Type: Article

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