Three-dimensional ultrasonography measurement of fetal nasal bone length during the midtrimester in Taiwanese women

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-358

  Yang, Pei Yin ^a   Wu, Joung Liang ^a   Yeh, Guang Perng ^a   Tsung Che Hsieh, Charles ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fetal nasal bone length; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL NOSE BONE LENGTH; FETUS; FETUS RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NASAL BONE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TAIWAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRISOMY 21; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; NASAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; TAIWAN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84867141327     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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