Model-predicted performance of second-trimester down syndrome screening with sonographic prenasal thickness

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1741-1747

  Miguelez, Javier ^a   Moskovitch, Miki ^b   Cuckle, Howard ^c   Zugaib, Marcelo ^a   Bunduki, Victor ^a   Maymon, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Model prediction; Prenasal thickness; Screening; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; OBSTETRICS; SCREENING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE RATES; MODEL PREDICTION; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; PREDICTED PERFORMANCE; PRENASAL THICKNESS; SONOGRAPHIC MARKERS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78649582214     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.12.1741     Document Type: Article

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