Sonographic morphology and hyaluronan content of umbilical cords of healthy and down syndrome fetuses in early gestation

Early Human Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Raio, Luigi ^a,b   Ghezzi, Fabio ^a   Cromi, Antonella ^a   Cereda, Emanuele ^a   Passi, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Down syndrome fetuses; Hyaluronan; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BIOTIN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRISOMY 21; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD44; BIOTIN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 2042511049     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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