First-trimester diagnosis of Bartsocas-Papas syndrome (BPS) by transvaginal ultrasound: Case report and review of the literature

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-142

  Dolan, Siobhan M ^b   Shanske, Alan L ^a   Marion, Robert W ^a   Gross, Susan J ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

First trimester diagnosis; Popliteal pterygium syndrome; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BARTSOCAS PAPAS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SYNDACTYLY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037324897     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.560     Document Type: Article

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