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Abstract
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.
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- Nuchal Fold Measurement
- Nuchal Fold Screening
- Nuchal Translucency Screening
- Fold Measurement, Nuchal
- Fold Measurements, Nuchal
- Fold Screening, Nuchal
- Fold Screenings, Nuchal
- Measurement, Nuchal Fold
- Measurement, Nuchal Translucency
- Measurements, Nuchal Fold
- Nuchal Fold Measurements
- Nuchal Fold Screenings
- Nuchal Translucency Measurements
- Nuchal Translucency Screenings
- Screening, Nuchal Fold
- Screenings, Nuchal Fold
- Nuchal Fold
- Nuchal Translucency
- Translucency, Nuchal
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, drug effects, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, radiation effects, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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2005
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- Neck/ultrasonography (1992-2004)
- Ultrasonography, Prenatal (1992-2004)
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- National Library of Medicine. Nuchal Translucency Measurement. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D048208. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D048208
- Nuchal Translucency Measurement. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuchal_scan
- Nuchal Translucency Measurement. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736944