Second-trimester diagnosis of limb-body wall complex with literature review of pathogenesis

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-112

  Chen, C P ^a,b,c   Lin, C J ^a   Chang, T Y ^a   Hsu, C Y ^a   Tzen, C Y ^a   Wang, W ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Craniofacial defects; Limb body wall complex; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

AMNION BAND SYNDROME; ANUS ATRESIA; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG MALFORMATION; LIMB BODY WALL COMPLEX; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPINE DISEASE; UMBILICAL MALFORMATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34247471590     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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