First trimester measurements of nasal bone length using three-dimensional ultrasound

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 766-770

  Chen, Min ^a   Hui, Fang Wang ^a,b   Tak, Yeung Leung ^a   Tak, Yuen Fung ^a   Lin, Wai Chan ^a   Sahota, Daljit Singh ^a   Lao, Tzu Hsi Terence ^a   Tze, Kin Lau ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Fetal ultrasound; First trimester; Nasal bone; Screening; Three dimensional ultrasound; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASAL BONE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MASS SCREENING; NASAL BONE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749124539     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2282     Document Type: Article

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