Perinatal diagnosis of a lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome (LD)

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1069-1071

  Buchner M ^a,b   Dostert, S ^a   Falkert, A ^a   Huber, G ^a   Seelbach Gobel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinik St Hedwig   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distichiasis; Lymphedema; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS KARYOTYPING; GENERALIZED EDEMA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LYNPHEDEMA DISTICHIASIS SYNDROME; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; MEIGE DISEASE; MILROY DISEASE; NOONAN SYNDROME; PERINATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; WEBBED NECK;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHEDEMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 36148979328     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1832     Document Type: Article

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