Sonographic measurement of the fetal iliac angle cannot be used alone as a marker for trisomy 21

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Grangé, Gilles ^a   Thoury, Anne ^a   Dupont, Jean Michel ^a   Pannier, Emmanuelle ^a   LeRhun, Françoise ^a   Souchet, Michèle Goussot ^a   Goffinet, François ^a   Cabrol, Dominique ^a  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Iliac angle; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PELVIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0034010975     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020973     Document Type: Article

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