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Prenatally detectable congenital heart defects in fetuses with Down syndrome
1 Mar 2011
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To document the incidence of congenital heart defects (CHD) that are detectable echocardiographically in the fetus with trisomy 21 and the relationship with nuchal translucency, fetal sex and ethnicity. METHODS: Data on fetuses with a karyotypic diagnosis of trisomy 21 were collected between January 2002 and March 2010. The data were analyzed for the gestational age at examination, maternal age, reason...
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