Detection of fetal structural anomalies in a basic first-trimester screening program for aneuploidy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1737-1745

  Bromley, Bryann ^a,b,c   Shipp, Thomas D ^a,c   Lyons, Jennifer ^d   Navathe, Reshama S ^c,e   Groszmann, Yvette ^a,c   Benacerraf, Beryl R ^a,b,c  

^a Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Early anatomic survey; Fetal anomalies; First trimester screening; Nuchal translucency scan; Obstetric ultrasound; Sonographer

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

FETAL ANOMALIES; FIRST TRIMESTERS; IMAGING PROTOCOL; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY SCAN; SCREENING PROGRAMS; SCREENING PROTOCOL; SONOGRAPHERS; STRUCTURAL ANOMALY;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84907717102     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.10.1737     Document Type: Article

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