Correlation between nuchal thickness and abnormal karyotype in first trimester fetuses

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 365-368

  Hewitt, Beverley G ^a   De Crespigny, Lachlan ^a   Sampson, Amanda J ^a   Ngu, Andrew C C ^a   Shekleton, Paul ^a   Robinson, Hugh P ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; NECK; THICKNESS; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0029837122     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb125018.x     Document Type: Article

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