Sonographic measurement of the fetal rib cage perimeter to thoracic circumference ratio application to prenatal diagnosis of skeletal dysplasias

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-271

  Dugoff, L ^a,b   Coffin, C T ^b   Hobbins, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Prenatal diagnosis; Rib cage perimeter; Skeletal dysplasia; Thoracic circumference; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RIBS; SHORT RIB-POLYDACTYLY SYNDROME; THORAX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030666127     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10040269.x     Document Type: Article

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