A mixture model of ductus venosus pulsatility index in screening for aneuploidies at 11-13 weeks' gestation

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 221-229

  Maiz, Nerea ^a,c   Wright, David ^b   Ferreira, Ana Fatima A ^c   Syngelaki, Argyro ^c   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^c,d  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomal defects; Ductus venosus flow; First trimester screening; Nuchal translucency; Trisomy 21 screening

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; TRISOMY;

EID: 84862490337     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337322     Document Type: Article

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