Transvaginal sonographic fetal biparietal diameter/kidney length ratio in early pregnancy as a screening tool for renal malformations

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 154-156

  Guariglia, Lorenzo ^a   Rosati, Paolo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biometry; Early pregnancy; Kidney; Prenatal screening; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031854483     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020828     Document Type: Article

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