Outcome and early childhood follow-up of chromosomally normal fetuses with increased nuchal translucency at 10-14 weeks' gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 407-409

  Van Vugt, J M G ^a   Tinnemans, B W S ^a   Van Zalen Sprock, R M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Fetal anomalies; Fetal karyotype; Fetal outcome; First trimester; Nuchal translucency; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NECK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; THICKNESS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031927893     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.11060407.x     Document Type: Article

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