Increased nuchal translucency thickness and normal karyotype: time for parental reassurance

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OBJECTIVES: To study the outcome of pregnancy in chromosomally normal fetuses with increased nuchal translucency thickness (NT), with respect to fetal loss, structural defects and genetic syndromes with developmental delay, and to provide information that would be helpful for parental counseling on the residual risk of adverse outcome when ultrasound findings are normal. METHODS: We reviewed the outcome of all...