 Nuchal Translucency Measurement
"Nuchal Translucency Measurement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A prenatal ultrasonography measurement of the soft tissue behind the fetal neck. Either the translucent area below the skin in the back of the fetal neck (nuchal translucency) or the distance between occipital bone to the outer skin line (nuchal fold) is measured.
| Descriptor ID |
D048208
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.850.865.500 E01.370.378.630.865.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Nuchal Translucency Measurement- Nuchal Translucency Measurement
- Measurement, Nuchal Translucency
- Nuchal Translucency Measurements
- Nuchal Fold Screening
- Fold Screening, Nuchal
- Fold Screenings, Nuchal
- Nuchal Fold Screenings
- Screening, Nuchal Fold
- Screenings, Nuchal Fold
- Nuchal Translucency Screening
- Nuchal Translucency Screenings
- Nuchal Fold Measurement
- Fold Measurement, Nuchal
- Fold Measurements, Nuchal
- Measurement, Nuchal Fold
- Measurements, Nuchal Fold
- Nuchal Fold Measurements
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nuchal Translucency Measurement" by people in Profiles.
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Shamshirsaz AA, Salmanian B, Ravangard SF, Shamshirsaz AA, Javadian P, Borgida A, Turner G, Feldman D, Spiel M, Benn P, Campbell WA. Nuchal translucency and cardiac abnormalities in euploid singleton pregnancies. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014 Mar; 27(5):495-9.
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Hantoushzadeh S, Tara F, Salmanian B, Gharedaghi MH, Nasri K, Ganjizadeh M, Ghaffari SR, Tahmasebpour AR, Farrokhi B, Abdollahi A, Sheikh M, Javadian P. Correlation of nuchal translucency and thyroxine at 11-13 weeks of gestation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2013 Nov; 26(16):1586-9.
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Dugoff L, Hobbins JC, Malone FD, Porter TF, Luthy D, Comstock CH, Hankins G, Berkowitz RL, Merkatz I, Craigo SD, Timor-Tritsch IE, Carr SR, Wolfe HM, Vidaver J, D'Alton ME. First-trimester maternal serum PAPP-A and free-beta subunit human chorionic gonadotropin concentrations and nuchal translucency are associated with obstetric complications: a population-based screening study (the FASTER Trial). Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Oct; 191(4):1446-51.
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