Transverse cerebellar diameter and transverse cerebellar diameter/abdominal circumference index for assessing fetal growth

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-56

  Dilmen, Gülcin ^a   Toppare, Mete F ^b   Turhan, Nilgün Ö ^c   Öztürk, Muazzez ^c   Işik, Sedat ^d  

^a Departments of Radiology   (Turkey)

^b Divisions Microbiol Clin M   (Turkey)

^c Turkish Health and Therapy Foundation Medical Center   (Turkey)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Development fetal; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABDOMEN; CEREBELLUM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030051355     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264279     Document Type: Article

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