The nasal bone in fetuses with trisomy 21: Sonographic versus pathomorphological findings

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-21

  Minderer, S ^a,c   Gloning, K P ^a   Henrich, W ^b   Stoger H ^a  

^a Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

First trimester screening; Nasal bone; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOTYPING; MORPHOMETRICS; OSSIFICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0038336662     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.160     Document Type: Article

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