Role of first-trimester sonography in the diagnosis of aneuploidy and structural fetal anomalies

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1445-1452

  Abu Rustum, Reem S ^a   Daou, Linda ^b   Abu Rustum, Sameer E ^c  

^a Center for Advanced Fetal Care   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c Nini Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; First trimester sonography; Nuchal translucency; Structural anomalies

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANEUPLOIDY; DETECTION RATES; FETAL ANOMALIES; FIRST TRIMESTERS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; STRUCTURAL ANOMALY; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LEBANON; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEBANON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77958162288     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.10.1445     Document Type: Article

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