Cat-eye syndrome in a fetus with increased nuchal translucency: Three-dimensional ultrasound and echocardiographic evaluation of the fetal phenotype

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-487

  Volpe, P ^a   Buonadonna, A L ^a,b   Campobasso, G ^c   Di Carlo, A ^b   Stanziano, A ^c   Gentile, M ^a,b  

^a Department of Medical Genetics   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT EYE SYNDROME; CAUCASIAN; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY SINUS; DELIVERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TETRASOMY;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; EAR, EXTERNAL; EYE ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NECK; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4444325782     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1723     Document Type: Article

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