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Review Article| Volume 30, ISSUE 3, P629-642, September 2010

Cost-Effectiveness of Down Syndrome Screening Paradigms

  • Aaron B. Caughey
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, L466,3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239-3098.
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    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, L466,3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA

    Decision and Economic Analysis in Reproduction and Women's Health Group, USA
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  • Anjali J. Kaimal
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    Decision and Economic Analysis in Reproduction and Women's Health Group, USA

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Anthony O. Odibo
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    Decision and Economic Analysis in Reproduction and Women's Health Group, USA

    Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
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