Births, Natural Losses and Terminations with Down Syndrome in Massachusetts (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Births, Natural Losses and Terminations with Down Syndrome in Massachusetts

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Estimated numbers of fetuses with Down syndrome (DS) at 10 weeks gestational age (DA) in Massachusetts from 1974-2010 with estimated outcomes of live births (dark blue), elective terminations (orange) and losses to miscarriage (light blue).

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(G. de Graaf, F. Buckley, and B. Skotko)

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