A prospective cross-sectional study to define racial variation in fetal nasal bone length through ultrasound assessment at 18-20 weeks' gestation

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 528-533

  Mogra, Ritu ^a   Schluter, Philip J ^b,c   Ogle, Robert F ^a   O'Connell, Justine ^a   Fortus, Lou ^a   Hyett, Jon A ^a,d  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

nasal bone; prenatal diagnosis; trisomy 21; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NASAL BONE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650102428     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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