Mid-second trimester measurement of fetal nasal bone length in the Japanese population

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-407

  Kanagawa, Takeshi ^a   Fukuda, Hirotsugu ^a   Kinugasa, Yukiko ^a   Son, Mihyon ^a   Shimoya, Koichiro ^a   Murata, Yuji ^a   Yokoyama, Takuhei ^b   Hashimoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Isaka, Shigeyuki ^b   Nagamatsu, Masaaki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Kaizuka City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Japanese; Nasal bone length; Reference range; Second trimester; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NASAL BONE LENGTH; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; NASAL BONE; NOMOGRAMS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33745877646     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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