Three-dimensional evaluation of mid-facial hypoplasia in fetuses with trisomy 21 at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-265

  Dagklis, T ^a   Borenstein, M ^a   Peralta, C F A ^a   Faro, C ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; First trimester screening; Maxilla; Nasal bone; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KARYOTYPING; MAXILLA; MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA; NASAL BONE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRISOMY 21; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; DOWN SYNDROME; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33748796609     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2841     Document Type: Article

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