Asymmetry of fetal cerebral hemispheres: In utero ultrasound study

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Hering Hanit, R ^a   Achiron, R ^b   Lipitz, S ^b   Achiron, A ^c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebral asymmetry; In utero; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRAIN; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0035514556     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.85.3.f194     Document Type: Article

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