Is isolated second-trimester hyperechogenic bowel a predictor of suboptimal fetal growth?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 104-107

  Sepulveda, W ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperechogenic Bowel; Intrauterine Growth Retardation; Prenatal Diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030078239     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.07020104.x     Document Type: Article

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