Clinical significance of echogenic foci in fetal lungs

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 493-495

  Petrikovsky, Boris ^a   Schneider, Elizabeth P ^a   Klein, Victor R ^a   Gross, Beth ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal infection; Fetal lung; Lung calcification; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; HUMAN; LUNG CALCIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030726990     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199711/12)25:9<493::AID-JCU5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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