Liver volume in trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses at 11 to 13 weeks

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-32

  Gielchinsky, Yuval ^a   Zvanca, Mona ^a,b   Minekawa, Ryoko ^a   Persico, Nicola ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First trimester screening; Hepatomegaly; Liver volume; Myeloproliferative disorder; Nuchal translucency; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER WEIGHT; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRISOMY 21; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIVER; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78650841540     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2633     Document Type: Article

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