Prenatal screening for Down's syndrome: editorial responsibilities

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9652, 2008, Pages 1789-1791

  Boys, Carol ^a   Cunningham, Cliff ^b   McKenna, Dawn ^c   Robertson, Penny ^d   Weeks, Daniel J ^e   Wishart, Jennifer ^f  

^a Down's Syndrome Association   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Down Syndrome Research Foundation   (Canada)

^d Down Syndrome International   (Indonesia)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CYTOGENETICS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOWN SYNDROME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 56249148900     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61742-0     Document Type: Note

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