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Descriptor English: Nuchal Translucency Measurement
Descriptor Spanish: Medida de Translucencia Nucal
Descriptor medida de la translucencia nucal
Scope note: Medida prenatal realizada mediante ultrasonidos del espesor o área translúcida bajo la piel del CUELLO o nuca fetal durante las primeras 11-14 semanas de la gestación (PRIMER TRIMESTRE DEL EMBARAZO). Las medidas anormales del espesor o translucidez nucal, a consecuencia de la acumulación de líquido, se asocian a un mayor riesgo de ANOMALÍAS CROMOSÓMICAS (Traducción libre del original: Nicolaides et al., 1992)
Descriptor Portuguese: Medição da Translucência Nucal
Descriptor French: Mesure de la clarté nucale
Entry term(s): Fold Measurement, Nuchal
Fold Measurements, Nuchal
Fold Screening, Nuchal
Fold Screenings, Nuchal
Measurement, Nuchal Fold
Measurement, Nuchal Translucency
Measurements, Nuchal Fold
Nuchal Fold
Nuchal Fold Measurement
Nuchal Fold Measurements
Nuchal Fold Screening
Nuchal Fold Screenings
Nuchal Translucency
Nuchal Translucency Measurements
Nuchal Translucency Screening
Nuchal Translucency Screenings
Screening, Nuchal Fold
Screenings, Nuchal Fold
Translucency, Nuchal
Tree number(s): E01.370.350.850.865.500
E01.370.378.630.865.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D048208
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
DE drug effects
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RE radiation effects
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Neck/ultrasonography (1992-2004)
Ultrasonography, Prenatal (1992-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38800
Unique ID: D048208
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Nuchal Translucency Measurement - Preferred
Concept UI M0460913
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Nuchal Translucency Measurement
Entry term(s) Fold Measurement, Nuchal
Fold Measurements, Nuchal
Fold Screening, Nuchal
Fold Screenings, Nuchal
Measurement, Nuchal Fold
Measurement, Nuchal Translucency
Measurements, Nuchal Fold
Nuchal Fold Measurement
Nuchal Fold Measurements
Nuchal Fold Screening
Nuchal Fold Screenings
Nuchal Translucency Measurements
Nuchal Translucency Screening
Nuchal Translucency Screenings
Screening, Nuchal Fold
Screenings, Nuchal Fold
Nuchal Translucency - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0461572
Preferred term Nuchal Translucency
Entry term(s) Nuchal Fold
Translucency, Nuchal



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