Fetal lateral ventricular width: What should be its upper limit? A prospective cohort study and reanalysis of the current and previous data

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-43

  Almog, Benny ^a   Gamzu, Ronni ^a   Achiron, Reuven ^b,c   Fainaru, Ofer ^a   Zalel, Yaron ^b,c  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal cerebral lateral ventricle; Mild ventriculomegaly; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037246915     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.1.39     Document Type: Article

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