Humerus Length Evaluation in Different Ethnic Groups

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-231

  Mastrobattista, Joan M ^a   Pschirrer, E Rebecca ^c   Hamrick, M Ann ^a   Glaser, Angela M ^a   Schumacher, Vicki ^a   Shirkey, Beverly A ^b   Wicklund, Catherine A L ^a   Hollier, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Ethnicity; Humerus length; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SONOLUMINESCENCE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DOWN SYNDROME; SONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INDIAN; LEG LENGTH; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD;

EID: 1042278021     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.2.227     Document Type: Article

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