Unusual appearances of echogenic foci within the fetal heart: Are they benign?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-231

  Petrikovsky, B ^a,c   Challenger, M ^b   Gross, B ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcifications; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030256165     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.08040229.x     Document Type: Article

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