Reevaluating humeral length for the detection of fetal trisomy 21

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1325-1330

  Gray, Diana L ^a   Dicke, Jeffrey M ^a   Dickerson, Rachel ^a   McCourt, Carolyn ^a   Odibo, Anthony O ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Fetal trisomy 21; Humeral length; Prenatal diagnosis; Sonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICINE; OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIPARIETAL DIAMETERS; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMERAL LENGTH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SONOGRAPHIC MARKERS; TRISOMY 21; WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY;

CHROMOSOMES;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 74749093224     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.10.1325     Document Type: Article

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