The value of single umbilical artery in the prediction of fetal aneuploidy: Findings in 12,672 pregnant women

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-121

  Granese, Roberta ^a,d   Coco, Claudio ^b   Jeanty, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Artemisia   (Italy)

^c Tennessee Women's Care   (United States)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prenatal diagnosis; Single umbilical artery; Soft markers; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 47,XXX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MONOSOMY X; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE UMBILICAL ARTERY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 34249789564     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ruq.0000263848.07808.02     Document Type: Article

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