Assessment of the fetal nasal bone at 11-14 weeks of gestation by three-dimensional ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-236

  Rembouskos, G ^a   Cicero, S ^a   Longo, D ^a   Vandecruys, H ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First trimester; Nasal bone; Three dimensional ultrasound; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FACIAL BONE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1642346010     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.952     Document Type: Article

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