Nasal bone length at 11-14 weeks of pregnancy in the Korean population

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 524-527

  Moon, Min Hoan ^a   Cho, Jeong Yeon ^a   Lee, Yu Mi ^a   Lee, Young Ho ^a   Yang, Jae Hyug ^a   Kim, Moon Young ^a   Park, Seong Ho ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

First trimester; Nasal bone; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DOWN SYNDROME; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33745609007     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1447     Document Type: Article

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