Quality assessment in prospective nuchal translucency screening for down syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 641-644

  Wojdemann K R ^a,b   Christiansen, M ^a   Sundberg, K ^a   Larsen, S O ^a   Shalmi, A ^a   Tabor, A ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Image scoring; Prenatal screening; Quality control; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MODEL; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NECK; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0035688628     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7692.2001.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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