The population prevalence of Down's syndrome in England and Wales in 2011

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1016-1019

  Wu, Jianhua ^a   Morris, Joan K ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; population prevalence; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DOWN SYNDROME; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; WALES;

EID: 84882451214     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.294     Document Type: Article

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