Ultrasonographic measurement of fetal nasal bone length in the second trimester in Korean population

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-157

  Jung, Eui ^a   Won, Hye Sung ^b   Lee, Pil Ryang ^b   Kim, Ahm ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Fetal nasal bone length (NBL); Korean population; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KOREA; LEG LENGTHENING; MEASUREMENT; NASAL BONE; NASAL BONE HYPOPLASIA; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; TURNER SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33847165664     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1641     Document Type: Article

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