A Thai reference for normal fetal nasal bone length at 15 to 23 weeks' gestation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-53

  Sutthibenjakul, Suchin ^a   Suntharasaj, Thitima ^a   Suwanrath, Chitkasaem ^a   Kor anantakul, Ounjai ^a   Geater, Alan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fetal nasal bone; Normal length; Thai reference

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; FETAL NASAL BONE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MID-SAGITTAL PLANES; NORMAL LENGTH; THAI REFERENCE; ULTRASOUND BEAMS;

BONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 58149502495     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.1.49     Document Type: Article

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