Ultrasound screening for fetal aneuploidy using soft markers in the overweight and obese gravida

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 821-826

  Tsai, Lily J ^a   Ho, Monique ^a   Pressman, Eva K ^a   Thornburg, Loralei L ^a  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Genetic counseling; Obesity; Prenatal diagnosis; Soft marker; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956157797     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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