Older mothers and increased impact of prenatal screening:stable livebirth prevalence of trisomy 21 in the Netherlands for the period 2000-2013
In the Netherlands, there is no registry system regarding the livebirth prevalence of trisomy 21 (T21). In 2007, a national screening programme was introduced for all pregnant women, which may have changed the livebirth prevalence of T21. The aim of this study is to analyse trends in factors that influence livebirth prevalence of T21 and to estimate the livebirth prevalence of T21 for the period of 2000-2013. National data sets were used on the following: (1) livebirths according to maternal age and (2) prenatal testing and termination of pregnancy (ToP) following diagnosis of T21. These data... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | de Groot-van der Mooren , M D , Tamminga , S , Oepkes , D , Weijerman , M E & Cornel , M C 2018 , ' Older mothers and increased impact of prenatal screening : stable livebirth prevalence of trisomy 21 in the Netherlands for the period 2000-2013 ' , European Journal of Human Genetics , vol. 26 , no. 2 , pp. 157-165 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-017-0075-1 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26845623 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vumc.nl/en/publications/123b82f9-1ffe-435e-8786-ada93ed5ca80 |