Ultrasound screening for fetal chromosome anomalies

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 98-107

  Drugan, Arie ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^b   Evans, Mark I ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Karyotype; Prenatal diagnosis; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS KARYOTYPING; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRISOMY 18;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FETUS; HUMANS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0034677191     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000117)90:2<98::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Review

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