Spine length measurement in the first trimester of pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 818-822

  De Biasio, P ^a   Ginocchio, G ^a   Vignolo, M ^a   Ravera, G ^a   Venturini, P L ^a   Aicardi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal biometry; Fetal spine length; Gestational age assessment; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PARIETAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036733294     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.428     Document Type: Article

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