First trimester Down's syndrome screening marker values and cigarette smoking: New data and a meta-analysis on free β human chorionic gonadotophin, pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and nuchal translucency

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 204-206

  Bestwick, Jonathan P ^a   Huttly, Wayne J ^a   Wald, Nicholas J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PLASMA PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; SCREENING; BLOOD; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 62749128546     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2008.008049     Document Type: Article

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