The role of perinatal autopsy in the management of pregnancies with major fetal trisomies

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 525-531

  Papp, Csaba ^a   Szigeti, Zsanett ^a   Joó, József G ^a   Tóth Pál, Erno ^a   Hajdú, Júlia ^a   Papp, Zoltán ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fetal aneuploidies; Perinatal autopsy; Prenatal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARYOTYPING; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 34447559979     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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