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Nuchal Translucency Screen

Known as: Nuchal Fold Screening, Screening, Nuchal Fold, Fold Measurements, Nuchal 
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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Laboratory ProceduresNTS geneNuchal TranslucencyPerinatal Terminology

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2005
2005
Screening for Down syndrome based on maternal age or fetal nuchal translucency: a randomized controlled trial in 39 572 pregnancies
Nuchal translucency (NT) screening increases antenatal detection of Down syndrome (DS) compared to maternal age‐based screening… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Nuchal Translucency and the Acceptance of Invasive Prenatal Chromosomal Diagnosis in Women Aged 35 and Older
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Outcome of chromosomally normal livebirths with increased fetal nuchal translucency at 10-14 weeks' gestation.
The aim of this study was to determine the outcome of chromosomally normal livebirths with increased fetal nuchal translucency at… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Evaluation of first‐trimester screening by fetal nuchal translucency and maternal age
The aim of this screening study was to evaluate first‐trimester screening for chromosomal defects by fetal nuchal translucency… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
First trimester isolated fetal nuchal lucency: significance and outcome
In this study, we determined the outcome in cases of isolated nuchal lucency seen sonographically in the first trimester in… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Serum parameters and nuchal translucency in first trimester screening for fetal chromosomal abnormalities
Objective To assess the relation between serum parameters and nuchal translucency in pregnancies affected by fetal aneuploidy in… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Fetal heart rate and umbilico-placental Doppler flow velocity waveforms in early pregnancies with a chromosomal abnormality and/or an increased nuchal translucency thickness.
Fetal heart rate, umbilical artery pulsatility index, end-diastolic flow, nuchal translucency thickness and placental thickness… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
First‐trimester Down's syndrome screening using nuchal translucency: a prospective study in patients undergoing chorionic villus sampling
The value of the measurement of nuchal translucency thickness for predicting fetal Down's syndrome and other aneuploidies was… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Role of prenatal ultrasonography in women with positive screen for Down syndrome on the basis of maternal serum markers.
Review
1995
Review
1995
Fetal nuchal translucency: a need to understand the physiological basis
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