Triple marker screening in native Japanese women.
Prenatal screening using the maternal serum markers alpha-fetoprotein, human chorionic gonadotropin, and unconjugated oestriol was investigated in a native Japanese population. Comparison with a Caucasian U.S. population revealed differences which led to modification of the generally used equations for risk calculations. Prenatal screening was shown to be clinically useful.
Onda
T
T
Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kitagawa
M
M
Takeda
O
O
Sago
H
H
Kubonoya
K
K
Iinuma
K
K
Bradley
L A
LA
Canick
J A
JA
Krasikov
N E
NE
Ponting
N R
NR
Grier
R E
RE
D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D001835:Body Weight; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004964:Estriol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014481:United States; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
D015415:Biomarkers; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D004964:Estriol