Sonographic identification of fetuses with down syndrome in the third trimester: A matched control study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 702-706

  RANZINI, ANGELA C ^a   GUZMAN, EDWIN R ^a   ANANTH, CANDE V ^a   DAY SALVATORE, DEBRA ^a   FISHER, ALLAN J ^a   VINTZILEOS, ANTHONY M ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032937218     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-199905000-00014     Document Type: Article

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