Prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 18: Report of 30 cases

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-122

  Yang, Jae Hyug ^a,b   Chung, Jin Hoon ^a   Shin, Joong Sik ^a   Choi, June Seek ^a   Ryu, Hyun Mi ^a   Kim, Moon Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nuchal translucency; Screening; Trisomy 18; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORDOCENTESIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRISOMY 18;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 14744274879     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1073     Document Type: Review

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