Second-Trimester Serum Chorionic Gonadotropin Concentrations and Complications and Outcome of Pregnancy
Open Access
- 30 December 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (27) , 2033-2038
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199912303412701
Abstract
Maternal serum chorionic gonadotropin is measured to screen for fetal chromosomal abnormalities. Whether the results can also be used to predict the risk of complications or an adverse outcome of pregnancy is not known.Keywords
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