The prevalence of Down syndrome in County Galway

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Flanagan, Orla ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 58049107676     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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