Fetuses with trisomy 21 having conflicting findings on antenatal testing for fetal well-being

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1541-1545

  Wong, Geoffrey ^a,b   Levine, Deborah ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler waveform; Fetal anomalies; Fetal growth restriction; Trisomy 21; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; GROWTH KINETICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DOPPLER WAVEFORM; FETAL ANOMALIES; FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION; TRISOMY 21; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ANEUPLOIDY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRISOMY 21; UMBILICAL ARTERY; WELLBEING;

EID: 27744506629     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.11.1541     Document Type: Review

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