Persistence of nuchal edema and distended jugular lymphatic sacs in Noonan syndrome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 245-248

  Bekker, Mireille N ^a   Go, Atti T J I ^a   Van Vugt, John M G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Jugular lymphatic sacs; Noonan syndrome; Nuchal translucency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA DETERMINATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NOONAN SYNDROME; NUCHAL EDEMA; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; EDEMA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KARYOTYPING; LIVE BIRTH; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MUTATION; NOONAN SYNDROME; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34250311712     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100783     Document Type: Article

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