Quality management of nuchal translucency measurement in residents

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 484-488

  Tirri, Brigitte Frey ^a   Troeger, C ^a   Holzgreve, W ^a   Tercanli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Education; Nuchal translucency; QA QC; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; TRAINING;

DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUCHAL CORD; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 35648939194     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963015     Document Type: Article

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