Prenatal diagnosis of 5p deletion syndrome following abnormally low maternal serum human chorionic gonadotrophin

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 572-574

  Weiss, Amir ^a   Shalev, Stavit ^a   Weiner, Ehud ^a   Shneor, Yona ^a   Shalev, Eliezer ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

5p deletion syndrome; Cri du chat; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Maternal serum screening

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT CRY SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME 5P DELETION SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION 5; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CRI-DU-CHAT SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0043267491     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.645     Document Type: Article

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