Frequency of echogenic intracardiac focus by race/ethnicity in euploid fetuses

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-66

  Borgida, Adam F ^a,d   Maffeo, Christine ^b   Gianferarri, Elisa A ^b   Bolnick, Alan D ^b   Zelop, Carolyn M ^c   Egan, James F X ^b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echogenic intracardiac focus; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGENIC INTRACARDIAC FOCUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUPLOIDY; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HEART; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 24044505053     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500073100     Document Type: Review

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