Ultrasound imaging of fetal neck anomalies: Implications for the risk of aneuploidy and structural anomalies

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1055-1058

  Zimmer, Etan Z ^a   Drugan, Arie ^a   Ofir, Chagit ^a   Blazer, Shraga ^a   Bronshtein, Moshe ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Fetal malformations; Non septated cystic hygroma; Nuchal fold; Septated hygroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030668179     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199711)17:11<1055::AID-PD194>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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