Normal nuchal thickness inthe midtrimester indicates reduced risk of Down syndrome in pregnancies with abnormal triple-screen results

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1106-1110

  Bahado Singh, Ray O ^a   Goldstein, Israel ^a   Uerpairojkit, B ^a   Copel, Joshua A ^a   Mahoney, Maurice J ^a   Baumgarten, Alex ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; maternal serum screening; nuchal thickness; ultrasonographic screening

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRIOL;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS KARYOTYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SERUM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOWN SYNDROME; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0028822791     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(95)91334-3     Document Type: Article

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