Antenatal diagnosis of cystic hygroma or nuchal pad - Report of 92 cases with follow up of survivors

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Boyd, P A ^a   Anthony, M Y ^a   Manning, N ^a   Lara Rodriguez, C ^a   Wellesley, D G ^a   Chamberlain, P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Cystic hygroma; Nuchal thickening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; MALE; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SURVIVORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030031830     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.74.1.f38     Document Type: Article

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