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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Incidental finding of ultrasound markers for Down syndrome in the second trimester of pregnancy: a case study. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005 May-Jun; 50(3):243-5.