In a population of 1467 women attending the 'G. Gaslini' Institute for antenatal care, we evaluated first-trimester risk screening for Down syndrome using the 'combined test' based on ultrasound measurement of nuchal translucency (NT), maternal serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) an
Effect of smoking on pregnancy-associated plasma protein A, free β-human chorionic gonadotropin, and nuchal translucency in the first trimester of pregnancy
✍ Scribed by Alin Basgul Yigiter; Zehra Nese Kavak; Nadi Bakirci; Husnu Gokaslan
- Publisher
- Springer Healthcare Communications
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0741-238X
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