Fetal nose bone length: A marker for Down syndrome in the second trimester

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1387-1394

  Bromley, Bryann ^a,b   Lieberman, Ellice ^a   Shipp, Thomas D ^a   Bnacerraf, Beryl R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Fetal Down syndrome; Fetal nose bone length; Marker; Midsagittal profile; Second trimester; Sonography

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; SURVEYS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

SONOGRAPHY;

BONE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FACIAL BONE; FETUS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036898671     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.12.1387     Document Type: Article

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