Fetal nasal bone length and Down syndrome during the second trimester in a Chinese population

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Hung, Jeng Hsiu ^a   Fu, Chong Yau ^b   Chen, Chih Yao ^c   Chao, Kuan Chong ^c   Hung, Jamie ^c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Nasal bone length; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL NASAL BONE LENGTH; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE DATABASE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 50049097474     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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