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

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Authors

Guido Cocchi

S. Gualdi

Caroline Bower

Jane Halliday · Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Björn Jonsson · National Board of Health and Welfare

Åsa Myrelid · Uppsala University

Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo · International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

Emmanuelle Amar · Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Bone Diseases

Abstract

Although an increase in older mothers was observed in most registers, the prevalence of DS births remained stable in most registers as a result of increasing use of prenatal diagnostic procedures and ToP with DS.

Topics & Keywords

Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Disability Rights and Representation Down syndrome and intellectual disability research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volume 88, Issue 6, pp. 474-479

DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20666

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