Screening options for Down syndrome: How women choose in real clinical setting

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 852-856

  Lo, T K ^a   Lai, F K ^a   Leung, W C ^a   Lau, W L ^a   Ng, L S ^a   Wong, W C ^a   Tam, S S ^a   Yee, Y C ^a   Choi, H ^a   Lam, H S W ^a   Sham, A S Y ^a   Tang, L C H ^a   Chin, R K H ^a  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Down syndrome; Screening; Women's preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRICS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBFERTILITY; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 69749115670     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2292     Document Type: Article

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