Prenatal Sonographic Features of Fetuses in Trisomy 13 Pregnancies (I)

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-217

  Chen, Chih Ping ^a,b,c,d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

congenital malformations; prenatal diagnosis; trisomy 13; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHOROID DISEASE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CYSTITIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OMPHALOCELE; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; SINGLE UMBILICAL ARTERY; TRISOMY 13; CHROMOSOME 13; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GENETICS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; TRISOMY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 73449130564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10284559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60292-8     Document Type: Review

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