Sonographic diagnosis of diastematomyelia in utero: A case report and literature review

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 222-224

  Dabra, A ^a   Gupta, R ^a,b   Sidhu, R ^a   Kochhar, S ^a   Kaur, L ^a   Singh, J ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Diastematomyelia; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; DYSRAPHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034999666     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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