Isolated pericardial effusion in the human fetus: A report of three cases

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-197

  Azancot, A ^a   Diehl, R ^a   Dorgeret, S ^a   Sebag, G ^a   Baumann, C ^a   Vuillard, E ^a   Machado, L ^a   Luton, D ^a   Oury, J F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Fetal pericardial effusion; Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification; Myeloproliferative disorder; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CALCINOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037339718     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.563     Document Type: Article

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