Down Syndrome: What do pregnant women know about their individual risk? A prospective trial

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1119-1123

  Strauss, Alexander ^a   Heer, Ivo Markus ^a,b   Spelsberg, Fritz ^c   Strauss, Carolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Friedrich Ebert Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Down Syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis; Self risk estimation; Trisomy 21; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIMIPARA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; AWARENESS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84878110416     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2707-6     Document Type: Review

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