Age-adjusted ultrasound risk assessment for fetal Down's syndrome during the second trimester: Description of the method and analysis of 142 cases

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-14

  Nyberg, D A ^a,b   Luthy, D A ^a   Resta, R G ^a   Nyberg, B C ^a   Williams, M A ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Obstetrix Seattle Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Chromosome abnormalities; Down's syndrome; Fetus; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMERUS; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MUSCLE MASS; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKELETON MALFORMATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031821913     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12010008.x     Document Type: Article

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