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Identification of submicroscopic chromosomal aberrations in fetuses with increased nuchal translucency and apparently normal karyotype
11 Mar 2011
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OBJECTIVE: Fetal nuchal translucency (NT) is assessed by ultrasonography as a screening tool for aneuploidy at 11 to 13 + 6 weeks' gestation. Fetuses with increased NT but apparently normal karyotype are still at higher risk of structural abnormality and a range of genetic syndromes, which may be related to major and submicroscopic chromosomal abnormalities. The aim of this study was to report the prevalence of...
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