Prenatal diagnosis of interrupted inferior vena cava as an isolated finding: A benign vascular malformation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-218

  Celentano, C ^a,c   Malinger, G ^a   Rotmensch, S ^a   Gerboni, S ^c   Wolman, Y ^b   Glezerman, M ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interruption of inferior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN DISEASE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AZYGOS VEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0032736038     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14030215.x     Document Type: Article

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