Spinal muscular atrophy (
Premature restriction or closure of foramen ovale (
We retrospectively reviewed the echocardiographic records of 9704 fetuses seen from 2010 to 2014 in Beijing Anzhen Hospital, a regional and national referral center, to ascertain the presence of restriction or closure of
In this large, single‐institution cohort (n = 9704), 6707 fetuses seen between 23 and 37 weeks of gestation had normal heart structures; of these, 60 (0.89%) had restrictive
Premature
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10067314
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Echocardiography
- Volume:
- 35
- Issue:
- 8
- ISSN:
- 0742-2822
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 1189-1195
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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