Unfused amnion and chorion after 14 weeks of gestation: Associated fetal structural and chromosomal abnormalities

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 392-395

  Ulm, B ^a   Ulm, M R ^a   Bernaschek, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal aneuploidies; Fetal anomalies; Prenatal diagnosis; Second trimester; Ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHORION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK MUSCLE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; TURNER SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND;

AMNION; CHORION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032837975     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13060392.x     Document Type: Article

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