Poor outcome in down syndrome fetuses with cardiac anomalies or growth retardation

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-151

  Wessels, M W ^a,d   Los, F J ^a   Frohn Mulder, I M E ^b   Niermeijer, M F ^a   Willems, P J ^a,c   Wladimiroff, J W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Synergene Belgium   (Belgium)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac anomalies; Congenital malformations; Counseling; Down syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis; Prognosis; SGA fetus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOWN SYNDROME; FATALITY; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEATH; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRISOMY 21; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 12244256102     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10823     Document Type: Article

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