Abnormalities of the heart and great arteries in chromosomally normal fetuses with increased nuchal translucency thickness at 11-13 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 245-250

  Hyett, J ^a   Moscoso, G ^a   Papapanagiotou, G ^a   Perdu, M ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic isthmus; Cardiac defects; Nuchal translucency; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030124329     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.07040245.x     Document Type: Article

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