First-trimester diagnosis of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-361

  Sharp, P ^a   Haan, E ^a   Fletcher, J M ^a   Khong, T Y ^a   Carey, W F ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

7 dehydrocholesterol; Chorionic villus biopsy; Maternal fetal cholesterol; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; STEROL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NECK MUSCLE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ULTRASOUND;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC VILLI; DEHYDROCHOLESTEROLS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME;

EID: 0030897051     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199704)17:4<355::AID-PD78>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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