Iliac angle as a marker for Down syndrome in second-trimester fetuses: CT measurement

Radiology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 447-451

  Zook, Paula D ^a   Winter III, Thomas C ^b   Nyberg, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional; Down syndrome; Fetus, abnormalities; Pelvis, measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC BONE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032967148     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.2.r99ma34447     Document Type: Article

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