Antenatal diagnosis of lethal skeletal dysplasias

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 518-522

  Tretter, Anne E ^a   Saunders, Roger C ^a   Meyers, Carol M ^a   Dungan, Jeffrey S ^a   Grumbach, Kathryn ^a   Sun, Chen Chih J ^a   Campbell, Andrew B ^a   Wulfsberg, Eric A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pediatric Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal; Genetic counseling; Lethal; Osteochondrodysplasia; Prenatal diagnosis; Skeletal dysplasia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETHALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032539523     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980217)75:5<518::AID-AJMG12>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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