Morphological and molecular characteristics of living human fetuses between Carnegie stages 7 and 23: Ultrasound scanning and direct measurements

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-33

  Harkness, L M ^a   Rodger, M ^a   Baird, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crown rump length; embryo; Gestational age; Menstrual age; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCEPTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; AMNION; CHORION; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MIFEPRISTONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031006267     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/3.1.25     Document Type: Article

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