Criteria for fetal nuchal thickness cut-off: A re-evaluation

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-29

  Borrell, A ^a,b   Costa, D ^a   Martinez, J M ^a   Delgado, R D ^a   Farguell, T ^a   Fortuny, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Fetal nuchal thickness; Prenatal diagnosis; Trisomy 18; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DOWN SYNDROME; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NECK; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRISOMY;

EID: 0031013376     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199701)17:1<23::AID-PD24>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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