Ultrasound measurements of the diameter of the fetal trachea, larynx and pharynx throughout gestation and applicability to prenatal diagnosis of obstructive anomalies of the upper respiratory-digestive tract

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-218

  Kalache, Karim D ^a   Franz, Matthias ^b   Chaoui, Rabih ^b   Bollmann, Rainer ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Larynx; Pharynx; Tracheal; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNX; LARYNX DISORDER; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MALFORMATION; TRACHEA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LARYNX; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; PHARYNX; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032972154     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199903)19:3<211::AID-PD487>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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