From nuchal translucency to intracranial translucency: Towards the early detection of spina bifida

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-138

  Chaoui, R ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^b  

^a Center for Prenatal Diagnosis and Human Genetics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NASAL BONE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NASAL BONE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 76249118879     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7552     Document Type: Review

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