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Validation of risk estimation using the quadruple test in prenatal screening for Down syndrome

✍ Scribed by N. J. Wald; W. J. Huttly

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 65 KB
Volume: 19
Category: Article
ISSN: 0197-3851
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199911)19:11<1083::aid-pd686>3.0.co;2-l

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