Establishment and application of a normal range for nuchal translucency across the first trimester

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 629-634

  Scott, Fergus ^a,c   Boogert, Antheunis ^a   Sinosich, Michael ^b   Anderson, John ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Down syndrome; First trimester; Nuchal translucency; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEUPLOIDY; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029898181     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199607)16:7<629::AID-PD922>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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