Diprosopus associated with neural tube defect and facial cleft in the first trimester

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 246-250

  Bulbul, Y ^a   Drummond, C L ^a   Hillion, Y ^a   Bidat, L ^a   Ville, Y ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cleft lip palate; Diprosopus; First trimester of pregnancy; Neural tube defect; Nuchal translucency; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT FACE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIPROSOPUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SPINE; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1842736344     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076706     Document Type: Article

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