Prenatal diagnosis of Milroy's primary congenital lymphedema

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 823-826

  Makhoul, Imad R ^a   Sujov, Polo ^a   Ghanem, Nadir ^a   Bronshtein, Moshe ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetus; Lymphedema; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHEDEMA; MILROY DISEASE; PENETRANCE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; EYELASHES; FEMALE; FOOT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; NOONAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; TURNER SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036734974     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.418     Document Type: Article

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