First-trimester nasal bone length in a normal Latin American population

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-112

  Casasbuenas, Alexandra ^a   Wong, Amy E ^a   Sepulveda, Waldo ^a  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fetal sonography; First trimester; Nasal bone; Nuchal translucency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NASAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NASAL BONE; NOMOGRAMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 59649107782     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2173     Document Type: Article

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