Fetal karyotyping in twin pregnancies: Selection of technique by measurement of fetal nuchal translucency

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 887-890

  Sebire, N J ^a   Noble, P L ^a   Psarra, A ^a   Papapanagiotou, G ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL AGE; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRISOMY; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029800049     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09907.x     Document Type: Article

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