Can nuchal cord cause transient increased nuchal translucency thickness?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 556-559

  Maymon, R ^a,b   Herman, A ^a,b   Dreazen, E ^a,b   Tovbin, Y ^a,b   Bukovsky, I ^a,b   Weinraub, Z ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doppler flow; Nuchal cord; Nuchal translucency; Pregnancy; Sonography; Transient appearance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032977128     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.2.556     Document Type: Article

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