Racial variations in the incidence of Trisomy 21
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 93 (4) , 597-599
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07961.x
Abstract
Summary. A retrospective study compared the incidence of Trisomy 21 in immigrant Asians and indigenous Europeans, aged 40 years and over and delivered in the South Birmingham Health District over a 10 year period. A significantly lower (P<O·01) incidence of Trisomy 21 was observed in the Asian group than was expected, whereas the indigenous Europeans showed no significanl difference from other European studies.Keywords
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