Persistent intrahepatic right umbilical vein in the fetus: A benign anatomic variant

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 433-436

  Blazer, Shraga ^a   Zimmer, Etan Z ^a   Bronshtein, Moshe ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL VEIN;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; SITUS INVERSUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0033965932     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00564-5     Document Type: Article

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