Effect of increased body mass index on first-trimester ultrasound examination for aneuploidy risk assessment

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 856-859

  Gandhi, Manisha ^a,b,c   Fox, Nathan S ^a,b   Russo Stieglitz, Karen ^a,b   Hanley, Mary Ellen ^a,b   Matthews, Gail ^a,b   Rebarber, Andrei ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Valley Hospital Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASAL BONE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; NOSE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349664003     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181b6bfdc     Document Type: Article

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