Prefrontal space ratio: Comparison between trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses in the second trimester

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-296

  Sonek, J ^a,b   Molina, F ^c   Hiett, A K ^a,d   Glover, M ^b   McKenna, D ^a,b   Nicolaides, K H ^e,f  

^a Fetal Medicine Foundation USA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^d St Vincent Women's Hospital   (United States)

^e KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Fetal Medicine Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; prefrontal space ratio (PFSR); screening for aneuploidy; second trimester; trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84865523133     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11120     Document Type: Article

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