The iliac angle as a sonographic marker for down syndrome in second-trimester fetuses

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 446-450

  Shipp, Thomas D ^a   Bromley, Bryann ^a   Lieberman, Ellice ^a   Benacerraf, Beryl R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; ILIAC CREST; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031106626     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: 15339866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006250-199703000-00026     Document Type: Article

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