First-trimester ultrasound screening for chromosomal defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 216-226

  Snijders, R J M ^a   Johnson, S ^a   Sebire, N J ^a   Noble, P L ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomal defects; Fetal heart rate; First trimester; Maternal age; Maternal serum biochemistry; Multiple pregnancy; Nuchal translucency thickness; Screening; Trisomy 13; Trisomy 18; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NECK; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TURNER SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; EDEMA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; TURNER SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030100118     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.07030216.x     Document Type: Article

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