Spontaneous resolution of cystic hygroma and hydrops in a fetus with Noonan's syndrome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-502

  Kiyota, Asuka ^a   Tsukimori, Kiyomi ^a   Yumoto, Yasuo ^a   Hojo, Satoshi ^a   Morokuma, Seiichi ^a   Fukushima, Kotaro ^a   Takahata, Yasushi ^a   Nakayama, Hideki ^b   Wake, Norio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystic hygroma; Hydrops fetalis; Normal karyotype; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NOONAN SYNDROME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; NOONAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 58249088285     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000193364     Document Type: Article

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