Gestational sac volume measured by three-dimensional ultrasound at 11 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation: Relation to chromosomal defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 546-550

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Chromosomal defects; First trimester; Gestational sac volume; Screening; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 20644454179     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1898     Document Type: Article

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