Prenatal diagnosis of ductus venosus agenesis and its association with cytogenetic/congenital anomalies

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 995-1000

  Volpe, Paolo ^a   Marasini, Maurizio ^b   Caruso, Gilda ^c   Lituania, Mario ^b   Marzullo, Andrea ^c   Volpe, Gennaro ^a   Gentile, Mattia ^d  

^a DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Ductus venosus; Prenatal diagnosis; Turner's syndrome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KARYOTYPE; PORTAL VEIN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL VEIN; ADULT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 1842864730     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.456     Document Type: Article

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