Reporting Down syndrome screening results: Women's understanding of risk

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 234-239

  Nagle, Cate ^a   Hodges, Ryan ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Wallace, Euanm ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Genetic counselling; Maternal serum screening; Medical risk; Prenatal diagnosis; Risk expression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449193299     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2210     Document Type: Article

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