Fetal ear length measurement: A useful predictor of aneuploidy?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-135

  Chitkara, U ^a,b   Lee, L ^a   Oehlert, J W ^a   Bloch, D A ^a   Holbrook Jr , R H ^a   El sayed, Y Y ^a   Druzin, M L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Fetal ear length; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EAR; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; ULTRASOUND;

ANEUPLOIDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EAR; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036130182     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7692.2001.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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