Sonographic markers of aneuploidies at 6-10 weeks of gestation

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 453-456

  Papaioannou, George K I ^a,b   Syngelaki, Argyro ^a   Maiz, Nerea ^b   Ross, Jackie A ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a,c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Centro Sanitario Virgen Del Pilar   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneuploidies; Early pregnancy; Embryo; Gestational sac diameter; Heart rate; Ultrasound; Yolk sac diameter

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; OVIPARITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; TURNER SYNDROME; VAGINA BLEEDING; YOLK SAC;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL SAC; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79958263599     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.01.045     Document Type: Article

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