The incorporation of maternal age into the sonographic scoring index for the detection at 14-20 weeks of fetuses with Down's syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 321-324

  Bromley, B ^a   Lieberman, E ^b   Benacerraf, B R ^b  

^a Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Maternal age; Sonographic scoring index

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031468889     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10050321.x     Document Type: Article

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