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• “Citation: 'Dietary sequestration of defensive steroids in nuchal glands of the Asian snake Rhabdophis tigrinus' by Deborah A. Hutchinson, Akira Mori, Alan H. Savitzky, Gordon M. Burghardt, Xiaogang Wu, Jerrold Meinwald, and Frank C. Schroeder.”

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• “An ultrasound done between 10-13 weeks called the nuchal scan, combined with a blood test, is the earliest.”

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• “With the ultrasound they'll look at the amount of fluid in the baby's spinal column called the nuchal fold.”

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• “He went on to explain that adept runners like horses, dogs, and rabbits keep their noggins remarkably steady as they lope, thanks to an obscure bit of anatomy called the nuchal ligament.”

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• “Women with a possible miscarriage should never have to wait in an ante-natal environment and, once a miscarriage has been confirmed, there must be communication between professionals to prevent the upset caused by being chased for further appointments or nuchal scans.”

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• “I knew, to the nearest fraction of a millimetre, the length of the nuchal fold that would indicate Down's syndrome.”

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• “Increased amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein in patients with fetal nuchal edema.”

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• “Abnormal nuchal findings on screening ultrasound: Aneuploidy stratification based on ultrasound anomaly and gestational age at detection.”

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• “First-trimester trisomy screening: nuchal translucency measurement training and quality assurance to correct and unify technique.”

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• “An early fetal ultrasound revealed a large nuchal translucency—a thickness at the back of the neck that indicates an increased likelihood of chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome.”

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