First-trimester ultrasonographic screening for trisomy 21 using fetal nuchal translucency and nasal bone

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1040-1045

  Sepulveda, Waldo ^a   Wong, Amy E ^a   Dezerega, Victor ^a  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NASAL BONE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34247557077     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000259311.87056.5e     Document Type: Article

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