Early genetic sonogram for Down syndrome detection

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1235-1238

  Bahado Singh, Ray O ^a,e   Mendilcioglu, Inanc ^b   Rowther, Minu ^a   Choi, Sang Joon ^c   Oz, Utku ^d   Yousefi, Nastaran Foyouzi ^a   Mahoney, Maurice J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Chosun University   (South Korea)

^d MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Early genetic sonography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMNIOCENTESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINODACTYLY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036854152     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.126975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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