The significance of echogenic foci in the fetal heart: A prospective study of 228 cases

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-228

  Simpson, J M ^a   Cook, A ^a   Sharland, G ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echogenic foci; Fetal heart; Karyotypic abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030254973     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.08040225.x     Document Type: Article

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