Prenatal and postnatal prevalence of Turner's syndrome: A registry study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7022, 1996, Pages 16-21

  Gravholt, Claus Højbjerg ^a   Juul, Svend ^b   Naeraa, Rune Weis ^a   Hansen, Jan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MOSAICISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TURNER SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030034016     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7022.16     Document Type: Article

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