Isolated fetal choroid plexus cysts and karyotype analysis: Is it necessary?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 389-394

  Shields, Laurence E ^a   Uhrich, Stefanie B ^a   Easterling, Thomas R ^a   Cyr, Dale R ^a   Mack, Laurence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus cysts; Cysts, choroid plexus; Karyotyping; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CHROMOSOMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FETAL ANEOPLOIDY; FETAL CHOROID PLEXUS CYSTS; KARYOTYPE ANALYSIS;

FETAL MONITORING;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030152240     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.5.389     Document Type: Article

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