Frontonasal fold thickness-to-nasal bone length ratio as a prenatal sonographic marker for trisomy 21 in a low-risk population

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 795-800

  Gonzalez, Ruben ^a   Aedo, Socrates ^b   Dezerega, Victor ^c   Sepulveda, Waldo ^d  

^a Pedro Aguirre Cerda Primary Healthcare Center   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL BARROS LUCO TRUDEAU   (Chile)

^d Fetal Medicine Center   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fetal sonography; Frontonasal fold; Frontonasal thickness to nasal bone length ratio; Nasal bone; Prenatal diagnosis; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; BONE; DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

FETAL SONOGRAPHIES; FRONTONASAL FOLD; LENGTH RATIO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRISOMY 21;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; CHILE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FRONTONASAL DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NASAL BONE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; CHILE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NASAL BONE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84878024256     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.5.795     Document Type: Article

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