Second-trimester hydrops fetalis in pregnancies affected by homozygous α-thalassaemia-1

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-269

  Lam, Yung Hang ^a,c   Ghosh, Arabinda ^a   Tang, Mary Hoi Yin ^a   Lee, Chin Peng ^a   Sin, Sai Yuen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hydrops fetalis; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal ultrasonography; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030940684     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199703)17:3<267::aid-pd54>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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