Assessment of the gap between the fetal nasal bones at 11 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation by three-dimensional ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 464-467

  Peralta, C F A ^a   Falcon, O ^a   Wegrzyn, P ^a   Faro, C ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FACIAL BONE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 18844405957     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1885     Document Type: Article

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