Fetal breasts in normal and down syndrome fetuses

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 507-511

  Petrikovsky, Boris M ^a   Schneider, Elizabeth P ^a   Klein, Victor R ^a   Wyse, Linda J ^a   Lesser, Martin ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Fetal breast; Prenatal diagnosis; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0029860163     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199611/12)24:9<507::AID-JCU3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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