First-trimester ultrasound diagnosis of Meckel-Grüber syndrome

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 757-759

  So Haei Liu, Silvia ^a   Cheong, Mei Leng ^a   She, Bo Quing ^a   Tsai, Ming Song ^a  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

First trimester fetal ultrasonography; Meckel Gr ber syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECKEL SYNDROME; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33745700353     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600613014     Document Type: Article

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