Prenasal thickness-to-nasal bone length ratio: A strong and simple second- and third-trimester marker for trisomy 21

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-190

  De Jong Pleij, E A P ^a   Vos, F I ^b   Ribbert, L S M ^a   Pistorius, L R ^c   Tromp, E ^a   Bilardo, C M ^b,d  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aneuploidy screening; nasal bone; prenasal thickness; prenatal ultrasound marker; trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84856337746     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.9047     Document Type: Article

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