## Background: Published maternal age-specific rates for down syndrome are based mostly on populations of predominately european origin. down syndrome rates have been reported to vary by race/ethnicity. the objective of this study was to calculate maternal age-specific down syndrome rates for vario
Maternal age and down syndrome: Age-specific incidence rates by single-year intervals
โ Scribed by Trimble, Benjamin K. ;Baird, Patricia A. ;Opitz, John M.
- Book ID
- 101444868
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 258 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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