Detection of sonographic markers of fetal aneuploidy depends on maternal and fetal characteristics

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 811-815

  Taslimi, M Mark ^a   Acosta, Reinaldo ^a   Chueh, Jane ^a   Hudgins, Louanne ^a   Hunter, Kennith ^b   Druzin, Maurice L ^a   Chitkara, Usha ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Caremark   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster; Gestational age; Markers; Sex; Sonography; Trisomy

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE QUALITY;

FETAL ANEUPLOIDY; MALFORMATION; SONOGRAPHIC MARKERS; TRISOMIC FETUSES;

NEONATAL MONITORING;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRISOMY;

EID: 19544375957     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.6.811     Document Type: Review

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