Does the combination of fronto-maxillary facial angle and nasal bone evaluation improve the detection of Down syndrome in the second trimester?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 947-951

  Odibo, Anthony O ^a   Schoenborn, Jean A ^a   Haas, Kimberly ^a   Macones, George A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Down syndrome; Fetal ultrasound; Fronto maxillary facial angle; Nasal bone; Second trimester

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FRONTO MAXILLARY FACIAL ANGLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NASAL BONE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FACE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAXILLA; NASAL BONE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349649214     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2323     Document Type: Article

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