Prenatal diagnosis of the Meckel-Gruber Syndrome from 11th to 20th gestational week

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-279

  Mittermayer, Christoph ^a   Lee, A ^a   Brugger, P C ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Meckel Gruber syndrome; Prenatal ultrasound; Sonographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; MECKEL SYNDROME; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATHOLOGY; POLYDACTYLY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4344627602     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813057     Document Type: Article

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