Sirenomelia with oligodactylia: Early ultrasonographic and hysteroscopic embryoscopic diagnosis during the first trimester of gestation

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-45

  Clemente, Claudia Maria ^b   Farina, Marco ^c,d   Cianci, Antonio ^a   Iraci Sareri, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Centro GMR   (Italy)

^c ASP 8   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryoscopy; First trimester; Hysteroscopy; Oligodactylia; Sirenomelia; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MEDICAL ABORTION; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OLIGODACTYLIA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIRENOMELIA;

ADULT; ECTROMELIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77955675829     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000309552     Document Type: Article

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