Hepatic artery Doppler in trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses at 11-13 weeks

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-27

  Zvanca, Mona ^a,b   Gielchinsky, Yuval ^a   Abdeljawad, Firas ^a   Bilardo, Caterina M ^c   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ductus venosus flow; First trimester screening; Hepatic artery Doppler; Nuchal translucency; Tricuspid regurgitation; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78650816740     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2664     Document Type: Article

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