Utility of fetal karyotype in the evaluation of phenotypically abnormal stillbirths

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-221

  Pinar, Halit ^a   Carpenter, Marshall ^a   Martin, Benjamin J ^a   Tantravahi, Umadevi ^a  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Congenital; Cytogenetics; Malformation; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS KARYOTYPING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749173464     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/07-07-0307.1     Document Type: Article

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