Unified prenatal screening for Down's syndrome and pre-eclampsia

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 455-

  Wald, Nicholas ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOGLIN; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955136628     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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