Prenatal diagnosis of septal agenesis with normal pituitary function

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1075-1077

  Celentano, Claudio ^a,f   Prefumo, Federico ^b   Liberati, Marco ^c   Tartaro, Armando ^c   Gallo, Giuseppina ^c   Lattanzio, Giuseppe ^c   Rotmensch, Sigfried ^d,e  

^a 'San Massimo' Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pituitary function; Prenatal diagnosis; Septal agenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTAL AGENESIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33751321618     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1559     Document Type: Article

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