Longer time-to-pregnancy in spontaneously conceived pregnancies is associated with lower PAPP-A and free β-hCG in first trimester screening for Down syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-240

  Kirkegaard, I ^a   Uldbjerg, N ^a   Tabor, A ^b,c   Henriksen, T B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PAPPA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME TO PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 21; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; TIME-TO-PREGNANCY;

EID: 84896702964     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4295     Document Type: Article

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