Open AccessImpact of a Regional Screening Programme Using Maternal Serum a Fetoprotein (AFP) and Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) on the Birth Incidence of Down's Syndrome in the West of Scotland
Author(s) -
Jennifer A. Crossley,
David A. Aitken,
Esther Berry,
J. M. Connor
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of medical screening
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-5793
pISSN - 0969-1413
DOI - 10.1177/096914139400100309
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , human chorionic gonadotropin , obstetrics , gynecology , down syndrome , endocrinology , hormone , physics , psychiatry , optics
To evaluate the impact of a large scale population screening programme on the birth incidence of Down's syndrome in the west of Scotland over a 12 month period.