Incidence of chromosomal abnormalities in 153 pregnancies with ultrasound detected fetal abnormalies

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 595-597

  Chew, S ^a   Anandakumar, C ^a   Jayanthi, V ^a   Wong, Y C ^a   Chia, D ^a   Arulkumaran, S ^a   Ratnam, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cytogenetic abnormality; Ultrasonically abnormal fetus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KARYOTYPING; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABNORMALITIES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030323409     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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