The relation between fetal nasal bone length and biparietal diameter in the Korean population

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-323

  Shin, Joong Sik ^a   Yang, Jae Hyug ^a,b   Chung, Jin Hoon ^a   Kim, Moon Young ^a   Ryu, Hyun Mee ^a   Han, Jung Yeol ^a   Choi, June Seek ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biparietal diameter; Fetal nasal bone length; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS KARYOTYPING; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASAL BONE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646045327     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1402     Document Type: Article

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