Echogenic intracardiac foci: Associated with increased risk for fetal trisomy 21 or not?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1639-1643

  Shanks, Anthony L ^a   Odibo, Anthony O ^a   Gray, Diana L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Echogenic intra cardiac focus; Fetal trisomy 21; Prenatal diagnosis; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHROMOSOMES; OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINGENCY TABLE ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGENIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SONOGRAPHY; SONOGRAPHIC MARKERS; TRISOMY 21;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MISSOURI; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 74749107303     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.12.1639     Document Type: Article

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