Is the yolk sac a new marker for chromosomal abnormalities in early pregnancy?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Schmidt, Peter ^a   Hörmansdörfer, Cindy ^b   Bosselmann, Stephan ^b   Elsässer, Michael ^b   Scharf, Alexander ^b  

^a University of Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abortion; Aneuploidy; Screening; Trisomy; Ultrasound; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; C BANDING; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 10; TRISOMY 7; YOLK SAC;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 79956061225     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1696-6     Document Type: Article

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