Ultrasonographic diagnosis of jarcho-levin syndrome at 20 weeks' gestation in a fetus without previous family history

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-140

  Del Río Holgado, María ^a,b   Martínez, Josep M ^a   Gómez, Olga ^a   Casals, Gemma ^a   Bargalló, Nuria ^a   Fortuny, Albert ^a   Puerto, Bienvenido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Jarcho Levin syndrome; Second trimester ultrasound; Spondylocostal dysostosis; Spondylothoracic dysostosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JARCHO LEVIN SYNDROME; KYPHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB MALFORMATION; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORAX MALFORMATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; RIBS; SPINE; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 14044276240     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082438     Document Type: Article

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