Quality assurance of nuchal translucency for prenatal fetal Down syndrome screening

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1039-1043

  Sahota, Daljit Singh ^a   Leung, Wing Cheong ^b   Kee To, Wing ^c   Chan, Wing Pan ^d   Lau, Tze Kin ^a   Leung, Tak Yeung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CUSUM; Down syndrome; First trimester screening; Nuchal translucency; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SONOGRAPHER;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862868987     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.614658     Document Type: Article

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