Screening for trisomy 21 by fetal nuchal translucency and maternal age: A multicenter project in germany, austria and switzerland

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 645-648

  Gasiorek Wiens, A ^a   Tercanli, S ^a   Kozlowski, P ^a   Kossakiewicz, A ^a   Minderer, S ^a   Meyberg, H ^a   Kamin, G ^a   Germer, U ^a   Bielicki, M ^a   Hackeloer B J ^a   Sarlay, D ^a   Kuhn, P ^a   Klapp, J ^a   Bahlmann, F ^a   Pruggmayer, M ^a   Schneider, K T M ^a   Seefried, W ^a   Fritzer, E ^a   Von Kaisenberg, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

First trimester; Nuchal translucency; Screening; Trisomy 21; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; THICKNESS; TRISOMY 21;

AUSTRIA; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0035682304     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7692.2001.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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