Comparison of single versus multiple echogenic foci in the fetal heart regarding risk of aneuploidy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1061-1067

  Towner, Dena ^a   Gerscovich, Eugenio O ^a   Chiong, Brian B ^b   Rhee Morris, Laila ^a   McGahan, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Echogenic cardiac focus; Fetal aneuploidy; Fetal heart; Prenatal diagnosis; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHROMOSOMES; HEART; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ECHOGENIC; FETAL ANEUPLOIDY; FETAL HEART; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC SONOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77954486424     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.7.1061     Document Type: Article

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