Antenatal depiction of fetal digits with three-dimensional ultrasonography

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 3 PART I, 1996, Pages 571-574

  Ploeckinger Ulm, Barbara ^a   Ulm, Martin R ^a   Lee, Andreas ^a   Kratochwil, Alfred ^a   Bernaschek, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antenatal depiction; Fetal digits; Fetal malformations; High risk pregnancy; Three dimensional ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; BRACHYDACTYLY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRISOMY;

FEMALE; FINGERS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029844195     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ob.1996.v175.a74502     Document Type: Article

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