Beware of the umbilical cord 'cyst'

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-214

  Sepulveda, W ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NOTE; OMPHALOCELE; OMPHALOMESENTERIC CYST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; UMBILICAL CORD CYST; VEIN MALFORMATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URACHAL CYST;

EID: 0037349156     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.80     Document Type: Note

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