Prenatal diagnosis of dacryocystocele: a possible marker for syndromes
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Dacryocystocele on prenatal ultrasonography: diagnosis and postnatal outcomes
PURPOSE To report the incidence of dacryocystoceles detected by prenatal ultrasonography (US) and their postnatal outcomes and to determine the factors associated with the postnatal persistence of dacryocystoceles at birth. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the prenatal US database at our institution for the period between January 2012 and December 2013. The medical records of women who had...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0960-7692
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14010071.x