Etiology and prognosis of fetal ascites

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 230-236

  Schmider, Annette ^a,c   Henrich, Wolfgang ^a   Reles, Angela ^a   Kjos, Siri ^a,b   Dudenhausen, Joachim W ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal ascites; Prenatal management; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYDROPS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; KARYOTYPE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY;

ABNORMALITIES; ASCITES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038302314     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070801     Document Type: Article

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