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Items for "nuchal translucency"

Combined first trimester screening for trisomy 21: lack of agreement between risk calculation methods

Objective: To call attention to differences in first trimester risk estimates for trisomy 21, as calculated by two different software packages.

Methods: A total of ninety-four pregnant women who had a first trimester risk assessment for trisomy 21 that was based on maternal age, biochemical analysis and a nuchal translucency (NT) measurement...

Keywords: biochemistry, first trimester screening, nuchal translucency, trisomy 21, truncation

04/2006 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Jugular lymphatic sacs in the first trimester of pregnancy: the prevalence and the potential value in screening for chromosomal abnormalities

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of detectable jugular lymphatic sacs in a setting for first trimester screening for Down syndrome, and to evaluate the influence of jugular lymphatic sacs on the screening performance for chromosomal abnormalities.

Methods: A prospective single center study (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) over a period of one year (January 2003–February 2004)...

Keywords: Chromosomal abnormalities, first trimester screening, jugular lymphatic sacs, nuchal translucency, sonographic marker

11/2008 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Risk assessment of trisomy 21 by maternal age and fetal nuchal translucency thickness in 7096 unselected pregnancies in Slovenia

Aim: To evaluate the screening for trisomy 21 by maternal age and nuchal translucency in a low-risk population.

Methods: Screening was performed in 7096 singleton pregnancies...

Keywords: Chromosomal abnormalities, nuchal translucency, trisomy 21

03/2008 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter