Integrated screening for Down's syndrome based on tests performed during the first and second trimesters.

Wald, N J; Watt, H C; Hackshaw, A K

Wald, N J; Watt, H C; Hackshaw, A K.

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Wald NJ; Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, United Kingdom.

N Engl J Med ; 341(7): 461-7, 1999 08 12.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10441601

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Down Syndrome/diagnosis; Prenatal Diagnosis/methods; Adolescent; Adult; Chorionic Gonadotropin/blood; Estriol/blood; False Positive Reactions; Female; Genetic Testing; Humans; Inhibins/blood; Likelihood Functions; Maternal Age; Neck/diagnostic imaging; Normal Distribution; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Trimester, First; Pregnancy Trimester, Second; Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A/analysis; Risk; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ultrasonography; alpha-Fetoproteins/analysis

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Prenatal Diagnosis / Down Syndrome Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Pregnancy Language: En Journal: N Engl J Med Year: 1999 Type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom

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