Fetal head-to-trunk volume ratio in chromosomally abnormal fetuses at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 755-760

  Falcon, O ^a   Cavoretto, P ^a   Peralta, C F A ^a   Csapo, B ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Chromosomal defects; Fetal volume; First trimester; Screening; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS HEAD; FETUS TRUNK; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; TRUNK; TURNER SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRISOMY; TURNER SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29144461693     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1991     Document Type: Article

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