Congenital limb deficiencies in newborn infants: Prevalence, characteristics and prenatal diagnosis

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 198-200

  Makhoul, I R ^a   Goldstein, I ^a,b   Smolkin, T ^a   Avrahami, R ^a   Sujov, Polo ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Limb deficiency; Prenatal diagnosis; Reduction deformity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIMB DEFECT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037341246     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.550     Document Type: Article

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