Prenatally diagnosed Turner syndrome and cystic hygroma: Incidence and reasons for referrals

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-61

  Alpman, Asude ^a   Cogulu, Ozgur ^a   Akgul, Mehmet ^a   Ataman Arikan, Esra ^a   Durmaz, Burak ^a   Karaca, Emin ^a   Saǧol, Sermet ^a   Ozkinay, Cihangir ^a   Ozkinay, Ferda ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cystic hygroma; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORDOCENTESIS; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPE; MATERNAL AGE; MISSED ABORTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 59449093812     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000199869     Document Type: Article

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