Visualisation and measurement of tracheal diameter in the sheep fetus: An ultrasound study with stereomicroscopic correlation

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 342-345

  Kalache, Karim D ^a,b   Nishina, Hidenori ^a   Ojutiku, Dale ^a   Hanson, Mark A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetus; Sheep; Trachea; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034767265     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053938     Document Type: Article

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