Estimates of the live births, natural losses, and elective terminations with Down syndrome in the United States

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 756-767

  de Graaf, Gert ^a   Buckley, Frank ^b,c   Skotko, Brian G ^d  

^a Dutch Down Syndrome Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b Down Syndrome Education International   (United Kingdom)

^c Down Syndrome Education USA ^*  (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Elective pregnancy termination; Prevalence; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTIVE PREGNANCY TERMINATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES; ABORTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925665742     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37001     Document Type: Article

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