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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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nuchal Translucency Measurement" by people in Profiles.
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Turner syndrome-omphalocele association: Incidence, karyotype, phenotype and fetal outcome. Prenat Diagn. 2023 02; 43(2):183-191.
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Non-invasive prenatal sequencing for multiple Mendelian monogenic disorders using circulating cell-free fetal DNA. Nat Med. 2019 03; 25(3):439-447.
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Prenatal detection of 10q22q23 duplications: dilemmas in phenotype prediction. Prenat Diagn. 2016 Dec; 36(13):1211-1216.
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Are First Trimester Nuchal Septations Independent Risk Factors for Chromosomal Anomalies? J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Jan; 36(1):155-161.
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First-trimester sonographic prediction of obstetric and neonatal outcomes in monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies. J Ultrasound Med. 2014 Jan; 33(1):135-40.
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Nuchal translucency and cardiac abnormalities in euploid singleton pregnancies. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014 Mar; 27(5):495-9.
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Effect of increased body mass index on first-trimester ultrasound examination for aneuploidy risk assessment. Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Oct; 114(4):856-859.
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Further evidence for first-trimester risk assessment as an autonomy-enhancing strategy. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Apr; 27(4):355.
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Evidence-based obstetric ethics and informed decision-making by pregnant women about invasive diagnosis after first-trimester assessment of risk for trisomy 21. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Aug; 193(2):322-6.