Management of fetal choroid plexus cysts

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 881-886

  Gupta, Janesh K ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^a   Thornton, James G ^b   Lilford, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Arthur Thomson House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CYST; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; ULTRASOUND;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CYSTS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030838894     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb14345.x     Document Type: Review

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