Umbilical artery aneurysm: Prenatal identification in three fetuses with trisomy 18

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 292-296

  Sepulveda, W ^a,b,e   Corral, E ^c   Kottmann, C ^d   Illanes, S ^d   Vasquez, P ^b   Monckeberg, M J ^a  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Regional Hospital   (Chile)

^d Ultrasound Unit   (Chile)

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

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal ultrasound; Trisomy 18; Umbilical artery; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MORTALITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MORBIDITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 18; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0344284578     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.69     Document Type: Article

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