title: Maternal serum screening of Palestinian women in the West Bank.
abstract: An audit was made of laboratory records of triple test results from 943 Palestinian women residing in the West Bank from 2000-03. The mean expected age at delivery of the subjects was 25.5 years; 12% were 35 years old or above. Age was the main factor associated with an abnormal calculated risk score. The frequency of elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein was 1.3%, abnormal human choriogonic gonadotropin (elevated or reduced) was 1.9% and reduced unconjugated estriol was 0.3%.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine. abdullatif@birzeit.edu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Husseini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akkawi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015982:Bias; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood*; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004964:Estriol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008423:Maternal Age; D008485:Medical Audit; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014314:Trisomy / Q000175:diagnosis; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D004964:Estriol