The effect of fetal neck position on nuchal translucency measurement

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 872-876

  Whitlow, B J ^a   Chatzipapas, I K ^a   Economides, D L ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK INJURY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NECK; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031692202     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10232.x     Document Type: Article

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