Fetal gender screening by ultrasound at 11 to 13+6 weeks

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-13

  Hsiao, C H ^a,c   Wang, H C ^a   Hsieh, C F ^a   Hsu, J J ^b  

^a LI SHIN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chorionic villus sampling; Down's syndrome screening; Fetal gender determination; First trimester; Nuchal translucency

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENDER; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 37549051206     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701571905     Document Type: Article

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