Neurosonographic diagnosis of thalamic/basal ganglia vasculopathy in trisomy 13 - An important diagnostic aid

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-293

  Chabra, Shilpi ^a   Kriss, Vesna Martich ^a   Pauly, Thomas H ^a   Hall, Bryan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Color Doppler; Diagnostic aid; Echogenic pattern; Neurosonographic; Thalamus; Trisomy 13; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; TRISOMY 13;

BASAL GANGLIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0030865835     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971031)72:3<291::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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