Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis sequence: A rare, heterogeneous, and lethal etiology for prenatal pleural effusion

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1058-1061

  Wilson, R Douglas ^a,b   Pawel, Bruce ^a   Bebbington, Michael ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a   Lim, Foong Yen ^a   Stamilio, David ^a   Silber, Angela ^a   Zakii, Elaine ^a   Flake, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive; Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis; Perinatal mortality; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHYLOTHORAX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS;

EID: 33751338706     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1555     Document Type: Article

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