Nasal bone evaluation with ultrasonography: A marker for fetal aneuploidy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-15

  Sonek, J D ^a  

^a Perinatal Ultrasound   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN SYNDROME; FACIAL BONE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANEUPLOIDY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0041313993     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.182     Document Type: Review

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