Three-dimensional ultrasound for nuchal translucency thickness measurements: Comparison of transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 361-365

  Worda, Christof ^a   Radner, Gerald ^a   Lee, Andreas ^a   Eppel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 0041334258     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(03)00122-9     Document Type: Article

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