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First‐trimester biochemical screening for fetal chromosome abnormalities and neural tube defects
1 Aug 1993
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), unconjugated oestriol (UE3), intact human chorionic gonadotrophin (intHCG), and the free beta subunit of chorionic gonadotrophin (F beta HCG) were investigated in a series of 21 chromosomally abnormal and 14 open neural tube defect pregnancies ascertained from a series of 14,000 prospectively collected maternal serum samples at 6-14 weeks' gestation. In 16 cases of Down's syndrome,...
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