Variation in fetal femur length with respect to maternal race

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-144

  Shipp, T D ^a   Bromley, B ^a   Mascola, M ^a   Benacerraf, B ^a  

^a Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Femur length; Genetic screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG LENGTH; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0035145256     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2001.20.2.141     Document Type: Article

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