Exencephaly-anencephaly sequence: Proof by ultrasound imaging and amniotic fluid cytology

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 182-185

  Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^a   Greenebaum, Ellen ^a   Monteagudo, Ana ^a   Baxi, Laxmi ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID CYTOLOGY; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXENCEPHALY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANENCEPHALY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; SKULL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029758346     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059609025421     Document Type: Article

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