First-trimester ductus venosus, nasal bones, and Down syndrome in a high-risk population

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1348-1354

  Prefumo, Federico ^a   Sethna, Farah ^a   Sairam, Shanthi ^a   Bhide, Amarnath ^a   Thilaganathan, Baskaran ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRISOMY 21; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LIVER CIRCULATION; MATERNAL AGE; NASAL BONE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 19544386329     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000161368.77506.ab     Document Type: Article

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