Nasal bone measurement during the 1st trimester: Is it useful?

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-95

  Kelekci, Sefa ^a,b   Fehmi Yazicioglu H ^a   Oguz, Serdar ^a   Inan, Ismet ^a   Yilmaz, Bülent ^a   Sönmez, Süha ^a  

^a Suleymaniye Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Sakarya Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome, 1st trimester screening; First trimester screening, down's syndrome; Nasal bone length; Nuchal translucency thickness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NOSE MALFORMATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4344688746     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078499     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Down JL: Observations on an ethnic classification of idiots. Lond Hosp Clin Lect Rep 1866;3:259-262.
2. Guis F, Ville Y, Vincent Y, Doumerc S, Pons JC, Frydman R: Ultrasound evaluation of the length of the fetal nasal bones throughout gestation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 1995;5:304-307.
3. Cicero S, Curcio P, Papageorghiou A, Sonek J, Nicolaides KH: Absence of nasal bone in fetuses with trisomy 21 at 11-14 weeks of gestation: An observational study. Lancet 2001;358:1665-1667.
4. Cicero S, Bindra R, Rembouskos G, Tripsanas C, Nicolaides KH: Fetal nasal bone length in chromosomally normal and abnormal fetuses at 11-14 weeks of gestation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2002;11:400-402.
5. Cicero S, Longo D, Rembouskos G, Sacchini C, Nicolaides KH: Absent nasal bone at 11-14 weeks of gestation and chromosomal defects. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2003;22:31-35.
6. Orlandi F, Bilardo CM, Campogrande M, Krantz D, Hallahan T, Rossi C, Viora E: Measurement of the nasal bone length at 11-14 weeks of pregnancy and its potential role in Down syndrome risk assessment. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2003;22:36-39.
7. Larose C, Massoc P, Hillion Y, Bernard JP, Ville Y: Comparison of fetal nasal bone assessment by ultrasound at 11-14 weeks and by postmortem X-ray in trisomy 21: A prospective observational study. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2003;22:27-30.
8. Otano L, Aiello H, Igarzabal L, Matayoshi T, Gadow E: Association between first trimester absence of fetal nasal bone on ultrasound and Down syndrome. Prenat Diagn 2002;22:930-932.
9. Mavrides E, Sairam S, Hollis B, Thilaganathan B: Screening for aneuploidy in the first trimester by assessment of blood flow in the ductus venosus. BJOG 2002;109:1015-1019.
10. Murta CG, Moron AF, Avila MA, Weiner CP: Application of ductus venosus Doppler velocimetry for the detection of fetal aneuploidy in the first trimester of pregnancy. Fetal Diagn Ther 2002;17:308-314.