Prenatal diagnosis of a complete sternal cleft in a child with PHACES syndrome-a case report

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-181

  Thébault, Nathalie ^a   Guern, Hélène Le ^a   Fiblec, Bernard Le ^a   Ferry, Mathilde ^a   Odent, Sylvie ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal echocardiography; Fetal imaging; Fetal MRI; Fetal ultrasound; PHACES syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis; Sternal cleft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHACES SYNDROME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNAL CLEFT; THORAX MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STERNUM; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 59649095330     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2117     Document Type: Article

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