Transient increase in nuchal translucency thickness and reversed end diastolic ductus venosus flow in a fetus with trisomy 18

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 397-399

  Huisman, T W A ^a   Bilardo, C M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Ductus venosus flow; First trimester; Nuchal translucency; Trisomy 18

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TRISOMY 18; TWIN PREGNANCY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DIASTOLE; DISEASES IN TWINS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0031465781     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10060397.x     Document Type: Article

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