International trends of Down syndrome 1993–2004: Births in relation to maternal age and terminations of pregnancies

Cocchi, Guido; Gualdi, S.; Bower, Caroline; Halliday, Jane; Jonsson, Björn; Myrelid, Åsa; Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo; Amar, Emmanuelle; K. Bakker, Marian; del Pilar Correa, Andrea; Doray, Bérénice; Klungsør Melve, Kari; Koshnood, Babak; Landau, Daniella; M. Mutchinick, Osvaldo; Pierini, Anna; Ritvanen, Anukka; Ruddock, Vera; Scarano, Gioacchino; Sibbald, Barbara; Šípek, A; Tenconi, Romano; Kenneth Tucker, D.; Annerén, Göran

doi:10.1002/bdra.20666

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International trends of Down syndrome 1993–2004: Births in relation to maternal age and terminations of pregnancies

Published in Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology • Apr 2, 2010

Authors:

Guido Cocchi

S. Gualdi

Caroline Bower

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to examine trends of Down syndrome (DS) in relation to maternal age and termination of pregnancies (ToP) in 20 registries of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (ICBDSR). METHODS: Trends of births with DS (live-born and st...

Subject

Demography

Medicine

Down syndrome

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