Association of Fetal Choroid Plexus Cysts With Trisomy 18 in a Population Previously Screened by Nuchal Translucency Thickness Measurement

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-284

  Cheng, Po Jen ^a   Shaw, Sheng Wen ^a   Soong, Yung Kuei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus cyst; nuchal translucency; prenatal diagnosis; trisomy 18

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CHOROID PLEXUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRISOMY 18; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREVALENCE; TRISOMY;

EID: 33646366395     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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