Fetal echocardiography in trisomy 18

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Moyano, D ^a   Huggon, I C ^a   Allan, L D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 18;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 27644550890     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.070342     Document Type: Article

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