First-trimester screening for Down syndrome; the role of nasal bone assessment in the Korean population

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 830-834

  Min, Hoan Moon ^a   Jeong, Yeon Cho ^b   Yu, Mi Lee ^a   Sung, Il Jung ^a   Jae, Hyug Yang ^a   Moon, Young Kim ^a   Ryu, Hyun Mee ^a   Jin, Hoon Chung ^a   Seong, Ho Park ^c  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Ethnicity; First trimester; Nasal bone; Trisomy 21; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASAL BONE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRISOMY 21;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34548763015     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1785     Document Type: Article

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