Umbilical cord diameter at 11-14 weeks of gestation: Relation to chromosomal defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-239

  Rembouskos, G ^a   Cicero, S ^a   Papadopoulos, V ^a   Tripsanas, C ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomal defect; First trimester; Screening; Trisomy 21; Umbilical cord diameter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRISOMY 21; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 1642280984     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.969     Document Type: Article

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