Echogenic bowel in fetuses with homozygous α-thalassemia-1 in the first and second trimesters

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 180-182

  Lam, Y H ^a,c   Tang, M H Y ^a   Lee, C P ^a   Tse, H Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Echogenic bowel; Fetal anemia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; ENTEROPATHY; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032710327     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14030180.x     Document Type: Article

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