First-trimester screening for chromosomal abnormalities

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 190-194

  Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormality; First trimester screening; Free human chorionic gonadotropin; Nasal bone; Nuchal translucency; Pregnancy associated plasma protein A

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATERNAL SERUM; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 21; WAVEFORM;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 23644453462     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2005.06.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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