All five digits of the hands of fetuses with Down syndrome are short

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 557-560

  Maymon, R ^a   Tovbin, Y ^b   Dreazen, E ^b   Weinraub, Z ^b   Herman, A ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Digits; Down syndrome; Fetus; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FINGER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND; HUMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FINGERS; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 3042651235     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1074     Document Type: Article

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