Absent or hypoplastic thymus on ultrasound: A marker for deletion 22q11.2 in fetal cardiac defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 546-552

  Chaoui, Rabih ^a   Kalache, K D ^a   Heling, K S ^a   Tennstedt, C ^a   Bommer, C ^a   Korner H ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aplastic thymus; Conotruncal heart defect; Deletion 22q11.2; Fetal heart; Fetal thymus; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TECHNIQUE; THYMUS APLASIA; ULTRASOUND;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKERS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; THYMUS GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036906192     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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