Variation of fetal nasal bone length in second-trimester fetuses according to race and ethnicity

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1487-1489

  Zelop, Carolyn M ^a   Milewski, Elizabeth ^b   Brault, Kimberly ^a   Benn, Peter ^b   Borgida, Adam F ^c   Egan, James F X ^b  

^a SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal nasal bone; Second trimester sonography; Variation by race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GENES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONAR; ULTRASONICS;

BIPARIETAL DIAMETER (BPD); FETAL NASAL BONE; SECOND-TRIMESTER SONOGRAPHY; VARIATION BY RACE AND ETHNICITY;

BONE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CYTOGENETICS; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNOLOGY; FACIAL BONE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; RACE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 27744578440     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.11.1487     Document Type: Article

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