Nasal-bone length in euploid fetuses at 16-24 weeks'gestation by three-dimensional ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-290

  Persico, N ^a   Molina, F ^c   Borenstein, M ^d   Azumendi, G ^d   Nicolaides, K H ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^d Centro Gutenberg   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Mid sagittal plane; Nasal bone; Vomer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956199026     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7745     Document Type: Article

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