Frequency of prenatal cytogenetic diagnosis and pregnancy outcomes by maternal race-ethnicity, and the effect on the prevalence of trisomy 21, Metropolitan Atlanta, 1996-2005

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-76

  Jackson, Jodi M ^a   Crider, Krista S ^a   Cragan, Janet D ^a   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a   Olney, Richard S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital defect; Cytogenetics; Down syndrome; Elective termination; Prenatal; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRISOMY 21; UNITED STATES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GEORGIA; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890793076     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36247     Document Type: Article

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