Are maternal and sonographic factors associated with the detection of a fetal echogenic cardiac focus?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1047-1052

  Ehrenberg, H M ^a   Fischer, R L ^a   Hediger, M L ^a   Hansen, C ^a   Stine, D ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy markers; Echocardiography; Echogenic focus; Prenatal diagnosis; Sonography

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

BODY MASS INDEX; SONOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGE; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL CARDIAC ECHOGENIC FOCUS; FETUS HEART; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034791101     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2001.20.10.1047     Document Type: Article

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