Fetal transverse cerebellar diameter in different ethnic groups

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-19

  Jacquemyn, Yves ^a   Sys, Stanislas U ^a   Verdonk, Paul ^b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Fetal biometry; Transverse cerebellar diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOROCCO; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0033994986     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2000.002     Document Type: Article

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