Echogenic intracardiac focus in 2nd-trimester fetuses with trisomy 21: Usefulness as a US marker

Radiology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 450-456

  Winter, Thomas C ^a,c   Anderson, Amy M ^a   Cheng, Edith Y ^a   Komarniski, Cathy A ^a   Souter, Vivienne L ^b   Uhrich, Stefanie B ^a   Nyberg, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Swedish Perinatal Associates   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Fetus, abnormalities; Fetus, US; Heart, US

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0033905718     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.216.2.r00au32450     Document Type: Article

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