Pseudocyst of the umbilical cord: Prenatal sonographic appearance and clinical significance

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-381

  Sepulveda, Waldo ^a,c   Gutierrez, Jorge ^b,c   Sanchez, Jorge ^b,c   Be, Cecilia ^b,c   Schnapp, Carlos ^b,c  

^a Fetal Medicine Center   (Chile)

^b CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^c San Jose Hospital   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0033106014     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00393-7     Document Type: Article

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