Prenatal diagnosis of Fanconi anemia (Group C) subsequent to abnormal sonographic findings

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-22

  Merrill, Amy ^a,b   Rosenblum Vos, Lynne ^a,b   Driscoll, Deborah A ^c   Daley, Katherine ^d   Treat, Karen ^a,b  

^a Genzyme Genetics   (United States)

^b GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fanconi anemia (Group C); Radial aplasia; Ultrasound; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FANCONI ANEMIA; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MICROCEPHALY; MICROPHTHALMIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 13244284909     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1055     Document Type: Article

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