Likelihood ratio for trisomy 21 in fetuses with absent nasal bone at the 11-14-week scan

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-223

  Cicero, S ^a   Rembouskos, G ^a   Vandecruys, H ^a   Hogg, M ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomal defects; First trimester; Nasal bone; Nuchal translucency; Screening; Trisomy 21; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACIAL BONE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPING; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; NECK; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1642378623     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.992     Document Type: Article

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