Cardiac growth in the normal human fetus. A two dimensional echocardiographic study;CRECIMIENTO CARDIACO EN EL FETO HUMANO NORMAL. ESTUDIO MEDIANTE ECOCARDIOGRAFIA BIDIMENSIONAL

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 475-481

  Fernandez Pineda L ^a   Tamariz Martel Moreno, A ^b   Maitre Azcarate M J ^a   Lopez Zea M ^a   Cazzaniga Bullon M ^a   Rico Gomez F ^a   Quero Jimenez M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

fetal heart; growth; two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL GROWTH; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029999138     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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