Reference values of fetal orbital measurements by transvaginal scan in early pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 851-855

  Rosati, Paolo ^a   Bartolozzi, Francesco ^a   Guariglia, Lorenzo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Orbits; Prenatal diagnosis; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ORBIT; ORBIT DISEASE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036798813     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.421     Document Type: Article

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