Fetal choroid plexus cysts - Is a genetic evaluation indicated?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 519-524

  Sharony, Reuven ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Choroid plexus cysts; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CHOROID PLEXUS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ANEUPLOIDY; BRAIN DISEASES; CHOROID PLEXUS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030969198     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199706)17:6<519::AID-PD103>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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