Choroid plexus cysts and aneuploidy

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 554-557

  Peleg, David ^a   Yankowitz, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Choroid plexus cyst; Trisomy 18; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CYST; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 18;

EID: 0031813241     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.7.554     Document Type: Article

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