The second-trimester fetal iliac angle as a sign of Down's syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-18

  Shipp, T D ^a,c   Bromley, B ^a   Lieberman, E ^b   Benacerraf, B R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Iliac angle; Second trimester fetus

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; ILIUM; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031848540     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12010015.x     Document Type: Article

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