Neural tube defects in chromosomally normal and abnormal human embryos

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 410-415

  Coerdt, W ^a,e   Miller, K ^b   Holzgreve, W ^c   Rauskolb, R ^d   Schwinger, E ^e   Rehder, H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Abt Geburtshilfe Gynakol Albert S   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chorionic villus sampling; Chromosomal abnormalities; Malformations; Monosomy X; Neural tube defects; Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis; Triploidy; Trisomy 18

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MONOSOMY X; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 18;

CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031452133     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10060410.x     Document Type: Article

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