Mild fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly as a prenatal sonographic marker for Kartagener syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-242

  Wessels, Marja W ^a   Den Hollander, Nicolette S ^a,b   Willems, Patrick J ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Synergene NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly; Kartagener syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis; Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIGREE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037339837     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.551     Document Type: Article

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