The significance of the second trimester sonographic soft markers in pregnancies after normal first trimester screening

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 804-806

  Kaijomaa, Marja ^a   Ulander, Veli Matti ^a   Ryynanen, Markku ^b   Stefanovic, Vedran ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION 10; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOFT SONOGRAPHIC MARKER; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881315091     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4115     Document Type: Article

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