Correlation of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis and pathologic findings in fetal anomalies

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-142

  Sun, Chen Chih J ^a,b   Grumbach, Kathryn ^a   Decosta, Donna T ^a   Meyers, Carol M ^a   Dungan, Jeffrey S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormality; Dilatation and evacuation; Fetal autopsy; Multiple congenital anomalies; Neural tube defect; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ABNORMALITIES; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, INDUCED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032993764     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900101     Document Type: Article

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