Isolated choroid plexus cysts and association with fetal aneuploidy in an unselected population

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-173

  Geary, M ^a,b   Patel, S ^a   Lamont, R ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Choroid plexus cyst; Fetus; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCREENING TEST; TRISOMY 18; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030733337     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10030171.x     Document Type: Article

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