Use of genetic sonography for adjusting the risk for fetal Down syndrome

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-144

  Nyberg, David A ^a,b   Souter, Vivienne L ^a,b  

^a Scottsdale Medical Imaging   (United States)

^b BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SONOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INDIVIDUALITY; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0038305570     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sper.2003.50012     Document Type: Article

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