The significance of choroid plexus cysts, echogenic heart foci and renal pyelectasis in the first trimester

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 385-390

  Whitlow, B J ^a   Lazanakis, M L ^a   Kadir, R A ^a   Chatzipapas, I ^a   Economides, D L ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus cysts; Chromosomal abnormalities; Echogenic heart foci; First trimester; Renal pyelectasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY PELVIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032443359     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12060385.x     Document Type: Article

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