Ascertainment and accuracy of Down syndrome cases reported in congenital anomaly registers in England and Wales

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Savva, G M ^a   Morris, J K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRITISH ISLES NETWORK OF CONGENITAL ANOMALY REGISTER; CASE FINDING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NATIONAL CONGENITAL ANOMALY SYSTEM; NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CYTOGENETIC REGISTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 58349083275     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.135210     Document Type: Article

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