Isolated absent or hypoplastic nasal bone in the second trimester fetus: Is amniocentesis necessary?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-558

  Ting, Yuen Ha ^a   Lao, Terence T ^a   Lau, Tze Kin ^a   Chung, Man Kin ^a   Leung, Tak Yeung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

amniocentesis; Nasal bone; second trimester; soft marker; trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC NASAL BONE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATED ABSENT NASAL BONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952403205     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.487140     Document Type: Article

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