Ultrasound evaluation of fetal nasal bone at 11 to 14 weeks in a consecutive series of 1906 fetuses

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 784-787

  Viora, E ^a   Masturzo, B ^a   Errante, G ^a   Sciarrone, A ^a   Bastonero, S ^a   Campogrande, M ^a  

^a Ospedale Sant'Anna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Nasal bone; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FACIAL BONE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0142061118     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.694     Document Type: Article

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